Good morning, everybody.

The November 5th, 2025 meeting of the City Council is called to order.

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Before we proceed with the agenda, would everybody please rise for the invocation given by Reverend Carol Simpson, Shekinah Glory Ministries, and please remain standing for the pledge.

Good morning, Mayor and Council.

Good morning.

Hello, everyone.

Thank you to the City Council, to the Mayor and City Council for this opportunity.

Please bow your head as I pray.

Dear wise and loving father, thank you on behalf of all who have gathered here today.

Thank you for all for many and abundant blessings.

Thank you for life itself, health.

Thank you for the ability to be involved in useful work for the honor of bearing appropriate responsibilities.

Thank you for the freedom to embrace you and thank you for loving us.

Father bless, encourage, and strengthen the mayor and the city council members.

Give them wisdom and grace them with your love and foresight to make decisions that will bring great success to the community as they serve.

In the scriptures, you have said that citizens are to obey the governing authorities, since you have established those very authorities to promote peace, order, and justice.

Therefore, I pray over our mayor for the various levels of city officials, and in particular, for this assembled council here today.

Persons peace in their lives and joy in their task.

Please give them an assurance and direction of what would please you and what would benefit those who live and work in and around our beloved city of Las Vegas.

In your most blessed name, I pray, Amen.

Amen.

And Reverend Reverend Simpson, would you mind leading us in the pledge?

Yes, ma'am.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, individual, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for joining us.

You're welcome there.

Thank you.

At this time, we will start our ceremonials, but before we do that, we have a special treat.

Right here.

Right there.

I think I need you here.

Okay.

Yeah.

I think.

Let me Luann, is this the correct configuration?

Okay, very good.

Okay.

Um joining councilwoman uh uh Kelly is her wonderful husband, Paul Larson, and her wonderful daughter Catherine.

We're very pleased to have you here with uh Cara today.

And at this time, I am pleased to administer your oath of office.

Uh Catherine, you'll be holding the Bible for your mom.

Okay, very good.

Cara, please raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear that you will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and government of the United States and the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that you will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or law of any state, notwithstanding, that you are not under any direct or indirect obligation to vote for, appoint, or elect any person to any office, position, or employment in our city government.

That you are a bona fide resident at your stated address, and I know that for a fact.

We live in the same neighborhood, and that you will faithfully perform the duties of the office in which you are about to enter.

So help you God.

In that case, congratulations.

And councilwoman, would you like to share a few words?

I would.

Thank you so much, Mayor.

Yes.

Thank you, Mayor.

I want to thank the mayor and the council for giving me this opportunity and my family who have always who always support me and everything I do.

But uh, this isn't one person's journey.

When you get an opportunity like this, uh you bring people along with you who have been part of of your life and part of your your your own journey.

And I have so many of you in this uh audience today who I couldn't, I can't I just can't tell you how important it what how much it means to me, honestly, that you've taken time to be here, uh, that you've walked so many paths with me, and yet here you show up again.

And um that that is I think a testament to our friendship and our love for each other, and hopefully, I'm going to perform for Ward II and its residents the same way that has engendered the loyalty and the support from each of you.

Uh, and that will be the greatest uh accomplishment I can make, and that will be how I will be judged.

So thank you very much for being here, and I appreciate uh the the not only the confidence uh maybe but also the little bit of crossing the finger and making sure, and I've been working hard to show you that you made the right decision, and so I will continue to do that.

Thank you very much, Mayor.

Next up, why don't you take some pictures with Pam?

And then with all of us.

Okay.

So it is by um, I guess I'm gonna sit on the phone.

Oh, this oh this is the question for a well-oiled mission.

Just how we practice.

The mayor.

Yeah, right, right back.

And we will now proceed with our ceremonials.

Thank you.

Everybody ready?

Okay.

Uh this is the ceremonial portion of our council agenda.

And for our first item, it is my pleasure to recognize our citizen of the month, retired staff sergeant Lee Mori.

Lee, please join us at the podium while I tell our audience a little bit about you.

Please join us.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for bringing me here again.

I do fine.

Lee is a Korean war veteran and served in the United States Air Force from April 1951 to April 1959 in the twenty-eighth strategic recon bombardment wing with the first strike force.

He was a crew chief responsible for all maintenance on the aircraft.

Lee served five years on active duty and five years in active reserves and Air National Guard.

He served two missions in Korea beginning in February 1952 until July of 1953 and received three honorable discharges.

When Lee left the military, he took advantage of the GI Bill and received a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in marketing.

He spent 50 years in personal financial planning and securities investment, managing personal financial folios for many prominent companies.

Lee moved to Las Vegas in 2012 and joined the Southern Nevada Korean War Veteran Association.

He has served on the board for eight years and served in every position with the association, including commander.

Lee has received numerous rewards and recognitions over the years for his service to the Southern Nevada Korean War Veterans Association.

And at ninety-three years old, he is or 93 years young, I should say, he is still active with organizing events to honor the Korean War Veterans.

With Veterans Day next week, we all thought it was very fitting that today we honor Lee as our November twenty twenty-five citizen of the month.

Thank you for your service to our country and to the city of Las Vegas.

We greatly appreciate you and thank you.

Can I get a copy of that?

Yes.

Yes.

May I?

And would you like to would you like to say a few words?

Thank God.

For being in the United States of America.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

I'm going to hand you this.

I'd like to take a picture with you and all of us.

May I ask you to join me right there?

Yes, sir.

Oh, well, would you care to join us?

May we do that?

Why don't we take the first photo and then you'll come on up?

Is that all right with everybody?

Outstanding.

Our hero.

Thank you.

I'll give um yes.

Let me I can't give it to you.

Yes, because he went up on this for the next presentation.

Oh, yes.

We've got an extra one.

Oh, we have an extra one they'll give you.

Okay, very good.

Oh my part.

All right.

We've got a right.

And now we plan.

And now we plan to recognize the trauma intervention program of Southern Nevada.

Our final item, Councilwoman Cara Kelly will recognize a special organization that helps people throughout the city of Las Vegas.

Councilwoman.

Thank you, Mayor.

Good morning, everyone.

It is a true honor to be here today as we recognize an extraordinary organization, one that brings compassion, calm, and care to our community in the most difficult times.

Today we celebrate the trauma intervention program of Southern Nevada.

Simply TIFF.

If I may invite Jill Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of TIP to come up.

Thank you.

And as they're coming up, Jill and her TIP crew.

TIP is a nonprofit organization that provides immediate emotional and practical support to individuals and families affected by tragedy, ensuring that no one must ever face this crisis alone.

Their specialty trained volunteers, often called Quiet Comfort in the Storm, are requested by emergency personnel to stand beside families and victims after events such as sudden deaths, serious accidents, homicides, fire, and other heartbreaking crises.

When our first responders manage the scene, TIP volunteers care for the hearts of those left in shock and in grief.

Often calm guidance and compassion are offered when words are often hard to find.

Today, TIP operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 60 dedicated volunteers who respond to more than 2,000 calls every year from large-scale tragedies to deeply personal tragedies at accidents and uh times in homes and hospitals throughout Southern Nevada.

For 31 years, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue as its first partner, TIP has been a trusted companion to first responders, hospitals, law enforcement, and the city of Las Vegas, helping our community heal one scene at a time.

But perhaps the best way to understand the heart of Tip is to hear from those who they have helped.

Said one family member, Lanny was so thoughtful and gentle with me.

I was in shock and trying to make sense of what happened to my husband.

He listened to all I had to stay and was so kind.

It was so nice to have Lanny just be present.

I wasn't alone, and he made the day easier.

And I'm so thankful for his heart.

God knew exactly what I needed.

And Nicola was very kind, very supportive, and she stayed with our family for a long time to make sure we were all right.

She was gentle, reassuring, and positive, doing everything she could to comfort us and to help us through our grief.

During a time of sadness, despair, grief, and anger.

Presley was there to comfort us all, offering words of encouragement and support.

She was more than we knew we would need at the time.

She made sure we were all right.

More than we know we needed.

These stories capture the tip truly what TIP truly represents, compassion and action and the power of presence when it matters most.

For those inspired by their work, TIP is always looking for new volunteers.

So for any additional information, it can be found at TIPOflasvegas.org or by calling 702-229-0426.

And I want to note historically, this organization was founded 40 years ago in San Diego, and TIP came to Las Vegas nine years later, thanks in part to the leadership and the partnership of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.

And since then, TIP has stood with our community in moments of crisis for over three decades.

It is my pleasure, Jill, to present this proclamation to you and your team.

Therefore, we, the mayor, and I'll have you if you will hold that for me, Jill.

Thank you.

And the members of the Las Vegas City Council hereby proudly proclaim proclaim November 5th, 2025 as trauma interven.

Let me say this again.

Congratulations, and thank you for everything that you do.

Would you like to say a few words?

This is very meaningful, especially since this is your first meeting and your first celebration.

So thank you very much for honoring us.

And of course, it wouldn't be possible without we have tip volunteers that are here, members of our board of directors and advisory board.

The November 5th meeting of the city council is called back in order.

Agenda item number eight.

Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action.

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

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

If anyone submitted a speaker card or who wishes to speak under this portion of the agenda, please come to the podium, 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.

We will set the time limit at two minutes.

Please come up to the podium if you wish to speak.

Good morning, Madam Mayor and members of the city council.

My name is Jana Wright, and I'm here to speak in support of item 39, the bill on the pet shop ordinance.

I feel that the city council is being very generous, allowing three years for uh businesses to come into compliance.

And businesses can change their business model.

And I would just close by saying that people in the United States are gonna spend 157 billion on their pets.

So there's money to be made, just not selling them.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Good morning.

Thank you again to the council for looking at this issue.

As a reminder, you had a ban in 2016.

Then in 2017, Siroca Barlow and Fiori, along with the former mayor, all various with criminal and improper behavior charges against them, overturned it.

And uh said that they would convene a committee to stamp out puppy mills.

Nine years later, nothing has been done.

But pet stores as a business were set up to provide supplies and grooming for people's companions, not as a retailer of animals.

Around 2001 is on retailers like that land back in the day, made that change to selling animals.

To help curb the overpopulation and inhumane living conditions, you must look for how to shut down the source.

Nevada, some of the sources illegal backyard breeders, then illegal puppy mills, some of them in Nye County.

Um just two of the counties that have puppy mills.

Then illegal puppy mills in other states, like Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania.

That's where many of these animals are sold in our pet stores.

You can listen, you can liken it to human trafficking, only it's with animals.

That's why I urge you to add to your First Amendment Section 5B1 to include the address, where they are, and as well as any local license that may exist from their local breeders.

And then I would suggest that you add to subsection section three, subsection three, and notice that the animals must be spayed and neutered according to the city's spay neuter laws, so that there's a disclosure.

Personally, I would prefer that they be spayed or neutered if they're over the four months of age prior to sale, but at least the posting of it could be handled as far as people being out made aware.

I believe the retailer should have to disclose that the store has a monetary arrangement with the veterinarians, and that that contract should be provided to the city.

I'd also suggest language in section six A to include eye diseases like entropyan, which is a genetic issue with badly bred um bulldogs, pugs, sharp haze, uh retrievers, and boxers.

Overall, I don't think you need three years, but I do appreciate you brought this forward and commend you for supporting it.

Will make a difference for your constituents.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And for the record, I believe you are Miss Christian Caglioni.

Is that right?

Accurate.

And Chris, would you mind even though even though you're Christian?

Yeah, all even the uh Chris, come back, come back.

Um, even though all of us know you very well, would you mind spelling your last name for the record?

This is a test, isn't it?

You want to see me if I can buy a vowel.

Um it's June Killiani, G-I-U-N-C-H-I-G-L-I-A-N-I.

But thank you all very much.

And for those of you who don't know, uh Chris G has a very long uh pedigree when it comes to public service, having served as an assemblywoman and then a county commissioner for many, many years.

Thank you for being here.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mayor and Council members.

Anula Wildrich for the record, W Y L D E R I C H.

I recently reviewed a report about an emergency large-scale um dog rescue at a commercial breeding facility in the Midwest.

Every single animal was matted, filthy, and caked with feces.

And these, of course, are not the ones that we see in the pet stores, and we know that this was not the exception.

I fully support this bill, and I commend you for uh drafting it.

But I think it's vital to pair it with efforts that will close loopholes in the Animal Welfare Act that allow commercial breeders to sell to uh direct to consumers.

Addressing both issues together will not only ensure lasting progress, but I think it will prevent new problems from arising.

And our animal welfare organizations that are endorsing these bans are well positioned to lead that effort, and we would of course support them.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and Council members.

My name is Rebecca Goff, Giazen Girl, O Ephes and Frank, Ephes and Frank, and I'm the Nevada State Director for Humane World for Animals.

I'm here today on behalf of our organization and all of our Las Vegas members to strongly urge your support of this ordinance.

It's gonna you know what it's gonna do.

Due to the serious animal welfare and consumer protection issues posed by puppy selling pet shops, eight states, including the entire West Coast, and 500 localities, including Clark County, City of North Las Vegas, Reno, and Mesquite already have prohibited the sale of puppies in pet stores.

Puppy stores in Vegas were given a chance to clean up their act and prove they could run ethical businesses.

That's why the current law only regulates them.

But the current law's increased transparency has exposed just how awful the puppy mill to pet store pipeline is here, and that this model of selling weeks old puppy puppies at retail is simply too broken to fix through regulations alone.

Through an undercover investigation we conducted last year and public records, we could clearly see that Vegas pet shops have a massive problem with sick puppy sales, deceptive sales tax tactics, and predatory lending.

Stopping the sale of puppies and pet shops entirely is the only solution for wide-ranging problems puppy stores pose.

Fortunately, this ordinance does not need to have a negative impact on businesses.

Most stores already do not sell puppies, and the ones that do will have a three-year time to transition to a new business model and ramp up in-demand products, sales, and services like grooming.

In fact, 45 Nevada pet stores already endorse laws ending the sale of puppies in pet shops, including 15 here in Vegas.

These stores know no one needs to engage in puppy milk cruelty to run a profitable business.

This is also a solution to the problem because no one needs a pet strified a dog of their choice.

Our region has a wide network of shelters, rescues, full of wonderful adoptable pets, as well as responsible breeders who sell directly to the public because they aren't ashamed to show how and where their dogs are raised.

It's also an important tool in tackling pet overpopulation.

Pet shop puppies are likely to be sick and often are relinquished to shelters, or sometimes people just realize they're in over their head with a brand new puppy.

We love our pets here in Vegas and allowing pet shops to continue to import thousands of puppies from awful poppy mills and selling them like mere products, especially while our shelters are bursting at the seams is just not in line with who we are.

Thank you so much for bringing this forward, and we urge your support.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Good morning, Madam Mayor and Council members.

My name is Laura Vanegas, L A R A, V as and Victor, E N G A S.

And I am urging the council to support the Bill 2025 37, which is agenda item 39 today to align the city of Las Vegas with Clark County in North Las Vegas and the ban of retail sales of certain animals and pet stores.

This is a matter not only of compassion but of fiscal responsibility.

Retail pet sales often rely on commercial breeders or mills to provide their inventory, and every year, as we know, thousands of animals end up in local shelters at the expense of taxpayer dollars.

And as this council is well aware, millions of dollars have been allocated and approved just this year for the continued operation of the Animal Foundation and for the construction of supplementary facilities to handle the intake of these animals.

Reducing the supply of commercially bred animals directly lowers those shelter intake numbers and allows those funds to be uh moved elsewhere to support community activities and public education.

By supporting this measure, the city promotes adoption from local shelters and from rescues.

It will ease the burden on our animal shelters and the system, and it will ensure taxpayer money is used more efficiently.

It is a policy that makes sense not only morally but financially.

So we ask that you please vote yes on this bill and show that Las Vegas values not only compassion for the pets in our communities, but also accountability with our taxpayer dollars.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Hi, thank you so much.

Uh Alyssa Miller with the Pet Advocacy Network.

Um, and I'm here in opposition to item number 39 on the agenda.

I first want to thank the council for taking a thoughtful approach to this and for taking the time to meet with myself and our members here in Las Vegas, which make up a number of small businesses.

The first thing I'd like to really address is the assertion that a bill like this has any measurable impact on the shelter population.

Unfortunately, we have seen in places like California where a ban has been in place since 2019, that there has been no decrease in the shelter population.

And in fact, you have places like LA County that have put a moratorium on breeding because the shelter population is still so large.

In Las Vegas, we know that there is a problem with illegal backyard breeding, and we know that that's where the majority of these shelter animals come from.

Additionally, this bill with the assertion that uh some of these small businesses can just reasonably transfer their business model is unfortunately not the case.

In California, 95% of all of the pet shops closed after their ban was enacted.

In New York, 95% of all of the pet shops closed after their ban was enacted.

These are businesses that have built their model on selling these animals and selling these responsibly bred animals to the public and making sure that they're able to provide a source for safely bred dogs, safely bred cats.

We know for a fact that this kind of business model is something that is sustainable when you have good regulations in place.

We also know that bans like this are business killers and our job killers.

The World Pet Association, in fact, has come out in strong opposition to this, and in August sent a letter to the council saying that if they were to pass a ban, that they would be forced to reevaluate bringing Superzoo here, which is the North America's largest pet trade show.

SuperZoo every year brings over 4,000 businesses to Las Vegas and 22,000 visitors.

It's also on the Gold 100 for largest conventions every year within the United States, and is something that they take very seriously because as an industry, we're constantly trying to move forward and better the industry.

And rather than enforcing a ban, what we would look at doing is building on the good regulations that Las Vegas already has.

Doing things that increase consumer protection, increase transparency, and then working with the industry to make sure that we can help pay for it.

We would appreciate a vote no on this and bringing everyone to the table for common sense regulation.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of council.

My name is Bridget Murphy, last name M U R PHY, and I'm here to read a statement on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society.

First, we want to sincerely thank Mayor Shelley Berkeley and Councilwoman Nancy Brun for bringing forward Bill 2025-35 and for recognizing the urgent need to address the cruel puppy mill pipeline in our city.

Your leadership and willingness to confront this issue means so much to those of us who deeply care about animal welfare.

While this ordinance is a meaningful step toward ending the sale of commercially bred animals in Las Vegas, and we strongly encourage you to vote yes in support of it.

We do share concerns about the three-year delay in enforcement as we've learned from experience that time and loopholes can undo good intentions.

In 2016, the city council passed a strong ordinance spanning the sale of animals from breeders and required pet stores to partner with shelters and rescues.

But just a year later, that progress was reversed under industry pressure in a narrow four to three vote.

By 2018, weakened rules once again allowed the sale of commercially bred animals, provided they were spayed or neutered, offering little to no real protection for these animals.

When Clark County enacted its own ban in 2022, many of those same stores simply moved into Las Vegas city limit, exploiting the loophole that remains today.

Now, nearly a decade later, Las Vegas has the chance to close the gap and show real leadership.

Neighboring jurisdictions have already taken meaningful action.

Clark County's ban went into effect last year, and both Henderson and North Las Vegas have adopted similar restrictions on retail pet sales.

Las Vegas should be a leader in animal welfare, not the last city in our community to stand up to puppy mills.

It is time for Las Vegas to stand with the more than 500 communities across the nation that have already entered the sale of puppies in pet shops and demonstrate that our city chooses compassion and progress over outdated policies.

This time, we must ensure the loophole is closed once and for all, so that no pet store can continue to profit from the cruelty under the guise of compliance, and for these businesses to be held accountable to phase out and close their doors for good.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Hi, I'm Danielle Roth with Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas.

Uh good morning.

I hope you all are having a good day.

I'm here today to ask you to vote yes in ordinance of Bill 2025-35.

Why buy from a pet store when you can adopt?

That's obviously where our rescues stand.

Shelters everywhere are filled with puppies and wonderful dogs, too.

In fact, 29% of the dogs in shelters are puppies.

So there is no need for a pet store or an online store to be selling these innocent lives.

In addition, we have ethical human breeders here in Nevada that uh families can go to.

And these are very good breeders that have been licensed by you and by our state.

Um, if ethical breeders won't sell their puppies to puppy stores, then why are why is Las Vegas pet stores to sell puppies in an unimaginable puppy mills?

Please make the ethical choice and responsible choice.

Please vote yes in ordinance to stop the retail sales of puppies and kittens in puppy stores.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Um my name is Ken Kirkpatrick.

I'm the owner of Pitland Las Vegas.

I thought I had three minutes.

I wrote a three-minute speech.

I'm gonna do my best to talk really, really fast.

Okay.

Puppy mills the truth.

Humane World tells you that puppies uh pet store puppies come from puppy mills.

About four months ago, the Humane World even created a document attacking my Petland Las Vegas store.

It listed 20 bad breeders that we recently sourced from.

That was their words.

The document included pictures of the breeders' facilities taken from USDA reports and draw-by-photos.

Most of the photos were dated from 2021 and earlier, over four years ago.

What they didn't tell you is that 90% of those breeders, 18 out of 20, we had already stopped using from before their document was ever created.

We did this due to our continual review of the breeders and a commitment to standards that these breeders did not meet.

Thirteen of them we had not sourced from for over three years prior to that document being issued.

This is the type of misleading narrative that Humane World continues to use for fundraise fundraising and to push pet stores to closure in Las Vegas.

Predatory lending, humane we're all humane world will also tell you that our stores use predatory financing to sell puppies that contain crazy interest rates to unsuspecting customers.

The truth is that we the truth is that we use three outside financing sources.

If qualified, they range from zero percentage from six to twelve months, five point nine nine percent from eighteen to sixty months, or evolving pet land branded credit card that carries a 35.9% rate.

For reference, Dillard's is 32.5 and Macy's is 33.5.

There's a the closure of pet stores is not going to change the demand at all in the city of Las Vegas.

According to the Better Business Bureau, online pet scams make up 35% of all online shopping scams.

The Better Business Bureau scam risk report previously identified pets as the number one subject of online purchase scams.

It's estimated that 80% of pet ads online may be fraudulent due to the emotional nature of pet adoption.

That's better business's words.

Animal Foundation.

Humane World makes the claim that puppies from pet stores can be readily found at the local animal shelter.

Last night I reviewed the website.

I found that there's 295 dogs available for online adoption.

Of those 119 were pit bull or pet bull mix, and 35 were shepherd or shepherd mix.

That makes up about 52% of the dogs available for adoption.

There's a glaring absence of golden retrievers, French bulldogs, golden doodles, yorkies, dachshunds.

All the type of breeds that our customers come looking for.

Finally, in a summary, we have an we are an iconic store.

Pentline Las Vegas has been there for over 25 years.

My grandkids and my children have gone there.

Oh, one other thing.

We found one puppy on the adoption site for the animal foundation.

One, not 29%.

That's less than 1%.

If we practice bad business and treated our customers poorly, why do we still be doing business 25 years later?

We've never had a citation by animal control.

We helped write.

Thank you so much.

I'm sorry.

Last point, you're gonna lose millions of dollars of sales tax revenue, and you're killing small businesses.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning, your honor members of the council.

Warren Hardy representing Humane World from Nevada.

Good morning.

Or for animals you mean what morning.

I am not going to engage in non-ham on a hominent attacks this morning.

I want to talk more generally about philosophy.

I've gotten discouraged.

That this somehow has become a litmus test as to whether or not you, as council members are pro-business or not pro-business.

I think I can speak to this as well as anyone.

I've known most of you for a long time, some of you a really long time.

I've spent my career defending business.

I would say I would suggest that there was probably never a member of the legislature that was considered more pro-business than I was in defending pro-business.

What does that mean?

Does that mean I have an obligation to allow businesses to do whatever they want and continue to defend them and can continue to defend their right to stay open and do what they want.

I got very frustrated with that at the end of my career because there's moral obligations.

There's ethical obligations as businesses.

I have told many of you, all of you, I think, that I think the window of responsibility and obligation for government to get involved in businesses is about that narrow.

I've spent my entire career saying to elected officials, don't get involved in business.

But there comes a point when morals and ethics has to rule or has to be considered.

And it has not fixed the problem.

With regard to all the comments that were made before me, we have documentation.

As the kids say, we have receipts, and facts are stubborn things.

We very much appreciate your support on this as a common sense approach to helping the businesses in in in Nevada be better.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Good morning.

Um Madam Mayor and members of the council.

My name is Lori Heron, L-O-R-I-H-E-E-R-E-N.

And I'm the executive director of Nevada SPCA.

We are a privately funded don't kill animal shelter.

Yesterday we had to stop intake of our dogs because our shelter is full.

And it's not full just because of backyard breeders.

It's full for all of the reasons that are causing pet homelessness in our community.

Pet overpopulation and subsequent pet homelessness is a multi-headed monster, and we need to cut off all the heads.

Span neuter resources, thank you, Madam Mayor, for supporting funding, and our organization will continue to find to raise private funds to support more free span neuter resources.

Backyard breeding, I applaud uh the city of Las Vegas Animal Protection Services for operation positive change for their recent crackdown on illegal breeders.

And finally, we need to cut the head off of the puppy pipeline to the pet stores.

If you go to our website right now, you're gonna see lots of breeds, including purebred dogs and puppies.

We literally have people turn puppies into our shelters with their receipts, including receipts from pet land, because the puppy has grown up and they've not done enough in the first year, and sadly, because of our economic times, they do not have the resources oftentimes to take care of the puppies and their dogs and all of their other animals.

So I'm here today to implore you to join the other jurisdictions in Southern Nevada to ban pet stores in the near future.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

My name is Lindsay Amar, AIMAR.

I am a Las Vegas resident, voter, and small business owner who sells pet products, not pets.

I'm here to urge you to vote yes on the Humane Pet Stornance, Bill No.

As someone who cares deeply about animals, I believe this ordinance is an essential step in the right direction.

Our shelters are in crisis, as you just heard, and it's only getting worse.

They're overflowing with dogs and cats all waiting for home.

Every day, more animals are arriving and resources are stretched extremely thin.

The last thing we should be doing is bringing in more animals from out of state and humane breeding operations, better known as puppy mills, where animals are kept in heartbreaking conditions, bred repeatedly, and transported across state lines only to be sold to unsuspecting families.

Opponents are claiming laws like this don't work.

They say they will increase backyard breeders, but that argument isn't backed by evidence.

In states where similar laws have already taken effect, so there is no verified data showing a rise in illegal breeding.

Humane laws work.

In states and cities where these laws have passed, we've seen the amount of puppy mills licensed to sell online and a pet stores decline, meaning tens of thousands of dogs are no longer suffering in confined cages in horrific conditions.

We also know the size of the breeding facilities have declined.

Change doesn't happen overnight, and we know some sellers will break the law and avoid getting a license, but that is an issue that has always existed, even before pet store laws.

And with and those without a license can and should be reported to authorities.

Dismantling the puppy pipeline will take time, enforcement, and education, but we have to start somewhere.

By passing Bill 2025-35, you'll be making a clear statement that Las Vegas stands for kindness over cruelty and responsibility over exploitation.

I urge you to please vote yes on the Humane Pet Store Ordinance.

I appreciate your time.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone else out?

Yes.

Welcome.

Good morning.

My name is Miryola Latowska.

I'm a local foster mom and rescuer.

I am here to urge you to ban the retail sale of pets in Las Vegas.

We know from recent investigations that our puppy source source from awful puppy mills.

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Um, under USDA standards, these dogs are often confined in cramped wire cages that are only six inches larger than their bodies.

This is not just temporarily, this is how they live their entire lives.

Um, this is from um humane wordful animals, the these pictures.

Um they are bred with literal regard for their health, leading to sick puppies that are shipped all over the country and sold at puppy stores, like the ones we allow to operate in Las Vegas.

I don't know about you, but if if I had the chance to take businesses away from or business away from places like this, I wouldn't even think twice.

Buyers of these puppies are often misled into thinking that they are getting a healthy, ethically bred dog, and they would never buy from these stores if they were truly aware of the cruelty behind it.

This is why it's um he's a parva positive puppy that was purchased from Petland at the end of August.

Why its owner was given a clean bill of health when she purchased him, only to find out that he was very sick.

She immediately let the store know, and they refused to help or take any accountability for the emotional distress and thousands of dollars in vet bills that resulted from trying to save his life.

They also didn't quarantine the remaining puppies in their store, proving that they value profit over the health and safety of their animals.

Voting yes on this ordinance today is a step in the right direction, and this is just a small part of the massive complex animal crisis in Las Vegas, and this is something that we have control over.

I wish it was less than three years because as a rescuer, I see the urgency of what's going on firsthand.

Um, shipping in all of these puppies into our city is absurd.

Well, every single day our rescues have to say no to pets in need.

Every single day.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of the council.

My name is Taryn Tall, T U L L.

I'm the chief operating officer at the Animal Foundation.

I'd like to thank you for revisiting the issue of puppy mill stores within the city of Las Vegas and taking this issue seriously.

It will make a tremendous difference for both animals and our community.

As you're aware, our shelter and other local rescue organizations, many of which you've heard from today, are facing a critical overcrowding crisis.

As of this morning, we have almost 700 animals on site at our shelter.

Approximately 500 of which are dogs and puppies.

One of the major drivers behind this is the ongoing availability of puppies through retail pet stores, many of which source their animals from out of state puppy mills and from unregulated breeders.

We regularly receive animals who are purchased from these stores or from other irresponsible breeders.

Many arrive with serious medical issues, including congenital defects and untreated illnesses.

These are a direct result of poor breeding practices and inadequate care.

It's truly heartbreaking.

This ordinance would also create an opportunity for responsible businesses to partner with shelters and rescues, a partnership model that's been successful in other communities, and one that we would welcome here.

The variety of cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies available for adoption in our community is nearly endless.

We see everything arrive at our shelter from Yorkes and French Bulldogs to Golden Retrievers and Poodles, alongside countless wonderful mixed breeds at our shelter.

We also receive large numbers of rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small pocket pets.

There are also breed-specific rescues and responsible licensed breeders who provide humane alternatives.

In order to protect animals, consumers, and the integrity of our communities, we as your partner urge you to lead the way by voting yes for Bill 2025-35.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Good morning.

And Mayor Berkeley.

Councilman Bernie, thank you for bringing this forward.

Patricia Reed for the record, I'm sorry, R E I D's last name.

Ms.

Kelly, I want to welcome you to the council.

This is my first time speaking since you've joined.

So hopefully I won't offend you today, but I want you all to know that you're getting a pass on the grievances side, at least from me, because none of you were here in 2017 for that last fiasco.

This is deja vu for me, because there were so many of us here in 2017 when that bill that was ready to go was killed by Fiore Siroca Barlow and former Mayor Goodman.

The problem is that when we left, we were furious, and I apologize because you have incurred some of that wrath that we have felt as a result of what happened then.

But let's look at what happened since then.

You talk about karma.

Ricky Barlow went to jail.

Soroka doesn't have a job here anymore.

I mean, we could go on and on.

But the biggest issue has to be the fact that we were called criminals by the former Ward Six council person.

And I would like to put that up because this is what I thank you.

This is what I posted in the back of my last day that I was here when she sat up there.

She called us criminals.

Now because of that, we have continued to fight and fight and fight.

And this is an opportunity for us to have some good news because if you haven't read and you haven't seen, we need some good news right now.

As for the pet sales, tens of thousands of dollars have been given in campaign donations.

And for a fact, we know I remember back when uh the Fiore was involved with all of this, that we did see thousands of dollars on her campaign list.

So I am just here to ask, please.

Please pass this bill.

We need it desperately.

The animals need it desperately.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And um, just for the record, I received a letter from State Treasurer Zach Conine uh early this morning in support of this ordinance, which I will submit it for the record.

Thank you all.

Oh, yes.

Welcome.

Good morning.

Oh morning, Madam Mayor and uh council members.

Um, I just wanted to bring something to your attention on the agenda item number 12, is why we're here for possible action to approve the ratification of the commission.

Um sorry, Shondell knows some for the record.

Um the ratification of commission for the Las Vegas Centennial Award for 213,600 to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

I think that should be the Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Committee for the 2026 and 27 parade.

So I just wanted to make sure that you didn't vote that in and then we start spending money, and then you guys come back and tell us we don't have money.

So uh just wanted to point that out.

Thank you.

Okay.

Uh city attorney, do we uh is that just a simple fix?

Um I apologize.

I missed what was the correction you wanted to make.

Oh uh right now it uh if you look at agenda item number 12, which is on the consent agenda, it says that the money that was voted on by the commission for the Las Vegas Centennial uh uh awarded 213,600, and it says to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing.

And that's the committee.

Yeah, that was actually Mayor 1 that uh was flagged by community development.

I uh I'll restate it when we get to the consent item just so we clear it put it clearly on the record for the clerk's office.

But yeah, we will just make that verbally.

Uh thank you for uh helping us with that clarification.

Agenda item number nine for possible action.

Any items from the 9 30 a.m.

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

Mayor pro tem.

I have no items.

All right.

In that case, is there a need to vote?

No, there's no need to vote.

Agenda item number 10 for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the September 30th, 2025 special city council meeting.

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

Move to approve the minutes.

Please post motion passes.

Agenda item number 11.

Item numbers 11 through 32 are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine, are recommended for approval by the departments, and may be enacted in one motion.

Are there any items the council wishes to bring forward?

Do you clarify it this time?

Yes, ma'am.

I'll make the clarification now as uh you just mentioned along with the gentleman on item number 12, the community development consent item.

The payment from the centennial award of 213,600 is in fact going to the MLK parade committee rather than the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

So we'll make that correction in the clerk's notes.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion for the consent agit of uh agenda for items 11 through 32?

Move to approve the consent agenda.

Please vote.

Post.

Sorry, Mayor.

We don't have uh pop-up Ms.

Holmes.

No.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

The motion uh I believe passes.

Agenda item 33.

Report by Mike Jansen, City Manager, and discussion for possible action regarding a new two-year collective bargaining agreement between the city of Las Vegas and Las Vegas Police Protection Association, not to exceed $3,085 from the general fund.

This affects all wards.

Mr.

Jansen.

Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of City Council, Mike Jansen, City Manager.

With me today on this item 33 to my right is uh Sue.

And to my right, Morgan Davis.

All right.

Uh Mayor and Council, as you know, we're only as good as our team, and our our team is made up of a whole lot of city employees that many of which are represented by labor contracts.

And earlier this year, we brought before you a two-year contract with our city employees association.

We followed that by a two-year contract with our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.

And today we're here to bring before you a two-year contract with our police protective association.

This is the union that represents our Department of Public Safety Marshals as well as our municipal court marshals.

And so I have some specific words I need to enter into the record as required by NRS.

But what I would like to do before uh I get into those official NRS words is just take a moment to thank our negotiating team uh on this particular contract.

And uh Sue and Morgan certainly were uh key to the team, but also our HR director Vince Amora, our HR manager Rick Hunt, our uh deputy city attorney Nicole Garcia, and um a whole bunch of other folks, but the key core team to work through the process that is necessary for a labor contract, as many of you know, um the team is really important, and I want to just take a minute to thank them.

Also, I want to thank the negotiating team on the LVPPA.

That was Dan Coyne, the treasurer, and Kelly Sweeney, the director of employee relations.

And so, with that kind of setup, Mayor, uh, the message that I need to enter into the record is as follows per NRS.

In accordance with NRS 288-153 as city manager, I am required to report on the fiscal impact of the new two-year agreement with the Las Vegas Police Protective Association.

The new agreement will be in effect from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2027.

The estimated fiscal impact of the agreement is not to exceed $3,08.75.

And with that official NRS message into the record, I'd like to turn the next portion of this presentation over to our deputy director of human resources, Sue Brown.

Thank you, Mike.

Good morning, Mayor, Council.

Good morning.

For the record, Sue Brown, Deputy Director of Human Resources.

Um, I just have a very short presentation today to go over some of the highlights of the contract.

Um, by way of background, the LVPPA bargaining unit is the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, and they represent approximately 124 City of Las Vegas employees, including court marshals, um, deputy city marshals, and sergeants.

Um negotiations started in March of 2025.

The LVPPA declared impasse after eight meetings.

However, even after impasse, we continued our conversations.

And on September of 20, September 29th, we reached a tentative agreement.

The LVPPA membership voted to approve the two-year agreement with 90% of the membership voted, and 86% were in favor of the contract.

Uh wages.

In it is a two-year contract.

So in year one of the collective bargaining agreement, we are providing a 2.6% cola, which is aligned with a CPI.

In addition to that, we're also giving a 1.6% salary increase for a total of 4.2%.

We will also be doing a partial merge of the two-tier wage structure that was put in place back in 2011.

Employees who are at the top of the salary range as of July 1st, 2025, will receive a $1,500 one-time cash that is not first compensable.

And finally, we're also adding key9 pay to the wage article in the contract.

In year two of the contract, we are aligning the colour with CPI.

This is standard language that's currently in the contract, and it is staying in the contract.

We won't know what the CPI is until January of 2026.

Um, but we do have a range.

It's the floor of 2% and a ceiling of 3%.

In addition to the COLA, we are doing the final merge of the two-tier wage structure, and then also again a $1,500 one-time cash for employees at the top of the salary range on July 1st, 2026.

The estimated total cost of the two-year agreement is not to exceed not to exceed $3,080.

And this is the total cost of the two-year agreement.

In terms of non-compensable changes, we did go through a number of articles that has um mostly language changes, and I've listed them here for you to review.

Article 5 is employee rights and association business.

We are allowing up to three board members to attend annual convention.

Article 8, holiday 13, disability, and article 14 grievance procedures are just minor language updates.

Article 15, medical.

Currently, PPA employees are um covered under the city's health plan as of January 1, 2026.

They will be moving over to Teamsters.

Article 16, reductions in force, article 20, seniority are both language updates.

Um we did add a new article to cover special assignments, and it outlines all the rotation um periods.

And we do have a new letter of agreement to conduct open and continuous recruitments for entry-level and lateral deputy city marshals and munic court marshals.

Um this letter of agreement, excuse me.

This letter of agreement will allow us to recruit and hire employees at a much faster rate.

Um, once again, as Mike mentioned, I we would like to thank the LVPPA negotiating team, Dan Corn and Kelly Sweeney is in the audience today, as well as thanking Harmony Berkman, Jonathan Burdett, Kevin DeRosa, Stephanie Hunter, Matthew Long, and Troy Williams.

And on the city side, of course, I would like to thank Morgan Davis and Nicole Garcia from the City Attorney's Office, Rick Hunt and Vince Amori and Human Resources, as well as the city manager's office for their support.

Oops.

And that is the end of the presentation.

Do you have anything to add, Morgan?

Thank you.

Do you have no okay?

Thank you so much.

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

Seeing none, is there a motion, Mayor Pro Tim?

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you for the presentation.

I just would like to say for the marshals who are in the room and the marshals who are protecting our city parks and our facilities and doing all the other things that they are asked to do at this point in time.

They're some of the finest officers that I worked with, and I'm really grateful for the team that the city has and for the work they put into that.

With the with that, I would like to make a motion to approve.

Thank you so much.

Um, and let me echo everything the mayor pro temp just said.

Uh shall we vote?

Please post.

I we doing eyes.

Is this verbal?

Sure.

Okay.

Um, we're okay.

You're not okay.

Um, I I believe um that this is uh this motion has passed.

Okay.

Thank you so much and thank you all so much.

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Sometimes when you're doing other things, but I haven't even tried while we're trying to fix our tech uh technological glitch.

Let's go to agenda item 35, uh 34, I'm sorry.

Hearing and discussion for possible action regarding a complaint 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 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, as holders of the motel license number G72-06385 for violations of the Las Vegas Municipal Code.

This is Ward 3, Councilwoman Diaz.

Yeah.

Good morning, good morning.

Would you all mind identifying yourself?

Sure.

Paul Mata, Deputy City Attorney in the Civil Division.

Darcy Edelby Heard, Business Licensing Manager.

Adam Seeley, Captain, Downtown Area Command.

Uh Jesse Call Burstein, Lieutenant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Good morning.

Mike Beattie on behalf of A2 Management and uh respondent RP Patel.

Okay.

Can I hear from the city, please?

Yes, Mayor.

Um, we are ready to proceed with the hearing.

Um, we are here today to discuss possible disciplinary action involving U.S.

Motel, a motel located at 2500 East Fremont Street at the corner of Charleston and Fremont.

I will give a brief overview of the situation.

Darcy Adleway Heard will then go over some of the specific misconduct at issue, and then officers from Metro will get go into further detail about the serious concerns with this property.

U.S.

Motel will then have an opportunity to respond.

Well, the current licensee, which is A2 Management and RPIT Patel have only been uh licensed to operate for just over a year now.

Throughout this time, this business has been the source of continuous serious criminal activity.

As a result, Metro had no choice but declare this business a chronic nuisance and issued an emergency shutdown of the business business in September.

The factual evidence presented will show that there is good cause to find that U.S.

Motel operates as a chronic and public nuisance, and that U.S.

Motel has operated in an unlawful and impermissible manner.

So at the end of today's presentation, I will ask this council to make these conclusions and move to permanently revoke the business license of A2 Management LLC, DBA US Motel, and its managing member RPIT Patel.

We are also recommending that council add an additional condition pursuant to Las Vegas Municipal Code Section 6.188120 that A2 Management LLC RPIT Patel and any of its agents may not seek a new business license at this location for the next year.

So with that, I will turn it over to Darcy Adelbay Heard.

Good morning.

So as uh Paul has already said, um, I'm gonna have a brief summary, and then Metro has a presentation as well.

Most of the um activities are on the criminal nature.

So the item is for a complaint for disciplinary action filed um by the department against AT Management LLC, doing business as U.S.

Motel.

This is located at 2500 Fremont Street, and its managing member um R.

Pit Patel.

Uh staff is recommending revocation of this license due to the property's continued operation as a public nuisance under LBMC 6.0230.

The U.S.

Motel has been the subject of numerous investigations and enforcement actions over the past year, both by business licensing and LBMPD.

Metro will identify ongoing criminal activity, including sex trafficking of minors, prostitution, narcotics activity, and violent crimes occurring on the property.

The property was declared a chronic nuisance on August 20, 2025, and Metro issued an emergency suspension of the business license on September 12th, 2025.

The department's record further further shows multiple violations of Title 6 and Title 19, including failure to maintain a guest register, unlicensed long-term occupancy, and repeated bounce checks and non-payment for room taxes.

Over the course of this year, correction correction notices were issued for failure to mean the proper public register, long term stays beyond the six days that they're allowed, and the failure to report changes in the business operations.

At the time the complaint was filed, lien assessments were filed for unpaid room taxes totaling 15 totaling over $15,000 for this location alone, with additional liens and return checks tied to Mr.

Patel for two other motel properties on Fremont Street, City Center Motel and the Economy Motel.

As of yesterday, the balances for this location have been paid in full.

Collectively, these properties have accumulated eight liens totaling over 66,000 and over 20 return checks.

The ongoing pattern of noncompliance, failure to correct violations and criminal activity at the site demonstrates a disregard for the city's regulations and the safety to the public.

With uh that background on the licensing actions, we'll turn it over to Metro to present their findings and provide additional details on law enforcement activity at the property.

Um staff recommends revocation.

However, if the license is not revoked, staff recommends the following 12 conditions.

Um I read all 12.

Yeah.

Okay, let me read into the record the 12 conditions.

Uh this license authorizes motel transient rental activity as defined in Title 19.

Rental periods may not exceed seven consecutive days, and reoccurring rentals to the same individual are prohibited.

The licensee must remit month monthly room tax payments, failure to pay within 30 days may result in civil fines.

A current roster of all staff, including full-time or part-time uh employees or independent contracts or volunteers, must be kept on file and made available to city staff or LBMPT LVMPD upon request.

This roster shall include contact information and legal place of residence information.

All guests, visitors, and staff must have a valid government issued photo identification in their possession while on the property.

A copy of the photo identification for all guests and visitors must be retained and attached to the room registration record.

The property must have and maintain adequate and sufficient exterior lighting to deter criminal activity.

The property must have and maintain functional security cameras that provide full coverage of all interior common areas and exterior areas.

Security footage must be stored for at least 30 days and shall be made available upon request to LBMPD and city staff.

A city and state licensed security company approved under NRS 648 must be contracted to provide continuous security services.

Cameras must be actively monitored, and at least one security guard shall patrol the exterior at all times.

Any arrest, citations, or police calls for service initiated by the business must be reported to business licensing via email to BL Compliance at Las Vegas Nevada.gov within 48 hours of the incident.

The director may place the licensee on the next available agenda for city council for disciplinary action if there are any violations of license conditions or any applicable local state or federal laws or regulations.

And the last one LBMPD may order an emergency closure if these conditions are violated.

So with that, I'll turn it over to Metro for their presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

For the record, I am Adam Seely, S E E L Y.

I'm the captain of L VMPD's downtown area command.

The first picture that you'll see is the U.S.

Motel at 2500 East Fremont.

I wanted everybody to see the opportunity where it was located based on some of the things I'm going to be sharing, comparative motels in the area.

And this area is often referred to by L VMPD as five points.

So in the summer of 2025, specifically in the months of July and August, I saw as the captain of Downtown Area Command a significant uptick in violent crime in the area of five points.

Again, Charleston, Eastern, and Fremont where they all meet in that intersection.

I asked for assistance from LBMPD analytical support, and they were able to provide me with several properties that were seeing a significant uptick in violent calls for service, narcotics, prostitution.

The most prolific of those properties, or rather the one that had the most, the highest amount was in fact the U.S.

motel.

Those calls for service included narcotics dealing, overdoses, prostitution, sex trafficking of children, and violent calls for service.

We'll go into it a little bit further, but meetings with the owner and myself did garner no overall change.

So RPIT Patel through A2 Management and Boulevard Motel Crew LLC purchased the property in July of 2023.

And now where I'd like to bring everybody's attention on this slide, if you look at the first column where it says CFS, that stands for calls for service.

And then if you go down to where it says 1124 to 9164, you will see that for approximately nine months in 2024, we had seven calls for service at that property.

Once that property was owned and the ownership group changed year to date from 1125 to 916, we had 77 calls for service.

Not generated or by LVMPD or proactive activity in that area.

Those were calls for service being called in by citizens in that area.

Prostitution related activity increased on Fremont Street in that five points area in the surrounding area of the motel.

Again, I've included some numbers here.

As you could see from 2022, 75 events, slight decrease in 2023 to 65, but from 2024 to 2025, and the 2025 number is year to date.

We went from 88 to 98.

So we are trending at this point at uh we're expecting to finish based on Atalytics about a 15% increase in prostitution related activities in that immediate area.

Comparative motels, 2855 Fremont Street, so at right near 28th and Fremont, the Crown Motel.

Again, I'll bring your attention to just 2025.

If you look year to date, they have had four calls for service, and uh four, and that includes any proactive metro car stops, vehicle stops in that area.

By comparison, the U.S.

Motel has 350.

And again, they're immediately located in that same area.

They're similar in size and have similar uh business models as to the length that people are allowed to stay there and so on and so forth.

Uh 1808 Fremont Street, the Sterling Gardens, again, 2025, year to date, 26 calls for service and proactive uh incidents involving LVMPD compared to the U.S.

Motel at 350.

So on August 7, 2025, an in-person meeting occurred at downtown Area Command with Mr.

R.

Pit Patel, Meyer Patel, myself, Lieutenant Ransom Biza, Sergeant Tom Harmon, and administrative assistant uh Aaron Blakey Kelly.

The following topics were discussed.

Requesting photo IDs, conducting background checks for tenants, enforcing visitors to register, and forcing unregistered persons to be removed, hiring reputable security guards.

On August 14, 2025, an email was sent from Sergeant Harmon to RPIT Patel, following up on the in-person meeting.

We did not receive a reply from Mr.

Patel or a representative for Mr.

Patel.

Recommendations contained within the email were again the following.

The completion of a crime-free multi-housing program through L VMPD and the implementation of a crime-free multi-housing program policy governing lighting, door locks, window locks, security cameras, and signage.

The implementation of a policy requiring guests to present picture identification prior to renting space and to register their vehicles at check-in.

The use of public data.com or some similar website to check the backgrounds of all prospective tenants.

The implementation of a policy requiring the owner to keep records of all background checks, the implementation of policies governing visiting hours, trespassers, and evictions, the trespassing and eviction of any visitors at the property after visiting hours, the implementation of a policy preventing any lease less than one month in length or the hiring of private security, and to include multiple other security measures.

We did receive receipt of delivery on August 25th.

On August 21st, in inspection 2025, an inspection of the U.S.

motel with RPIT Patel, myself, Sergeant Harmon, and the occurred, and the chronic nuisance letter was hand delivered to the owner of the U.S.

motel.

At that point, uh there were no changes made of any of the recommendations we had made up to that point.

That was noted in that inspection.

And again, during that inspection that we did on site with the owner, we also requested, again, requesting of photo IDs, conducting background checks for tenants, and forcing visitors to register, enforcing unregistered persons to be removed.

And then we also requested that the manager will should live off site.

Lieutenant Kamel Bernstein will go over that a little bit in his part of the presentation.

On September 12th, 2025, emergency suspension of business license hand delivered to Yesh Gandhi at the U.S.

motel after search warrant service resulted in three arrests of U.S.

motel employees.

These arrests were for pandering and living under wages of a prostitution related to activities occurring at the U.S.

motel.

I'm now going to allow Lieutenant Kamel Bernstein from our Safe Neighborhood Bureau to talk about the significant events that occurred at that property.

Thank you, Captain Sealing.

Good morning, mayor and counsel again for the record, Jesse Conn Bernstein.

And like the captain said, I'm in charge of the Vice Section, which is housed in the Safe Neighborhoods Bureau and also encompasses the narcotics section.

I'm going to talk to you about some specific investigations and incidents that occurred on property.

We'll start in January 18th of 2025.

Officers recovered a 14-year-old child that was being trafficked near Charleston Fremont during a person stop.

That child told those officers they were a victim of sex trafficking and that a man staying at the U.S.

motel in room number five was forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts.

The search warrant was obtained by my detectives and served on room number five, and they located and arrested a 42-year-old male suspect for sex trafficking of a child under 16, kidnapping of a minor in the first degree, sex assault of a child under 16, and abuse and neglect.

Of note, that person was a documented Cript gang member.

They were wanted for a separate case involving kidnapping and battery domestic violence.

And the reason that that child was recovered is because they were approaching vehicles and that officer felt they looked young.

Next, I'll speak to you about is in March 18th of 2025, involving another sex trafficking of a child investigation.

It was a 17-year-old child that was recovered by my vice detectives during an undercover prostitution operation.

That child identified her trafficker and vice detectives were able to locate him in the U.S.

motel room number six.

Again, a search warrant was served on that room, and a 19-year-old trafficker was arrested.

During the service of that warrant, another child victim of sex trafficking was recovered and returned to their guardian.

That trafficker was arrested again for sex trafficking of a child under 16, kidnap of a minor in the first degree, sex assault of a child under 16, and child abuse and neglect.

And just to expand a little bit about that, originally there was a victim that was found in the area of Tropican in Cameron.

They disclosed their victimization through follow-up at our major violators, detectives who are responsible for finding violent suspects, located the suspect at the U.S.

motel.

When they went there, they found another child victim that was within that motel.

So it's two child victims located found attached to that same trafficker who was operating out of the U.S.

motel.

Next, in July 30th of 2025, there was a battery with a deadly weapon.

In layman's term, a shooting officers responded to the U.S.

motel into room number 14.

When they arrived, they found a male who was shot in the face.

He was subsequently transported to an area hospital.

A suspect was seen fleeing from the U.S.

motel.

Officers made a stop of a ride share, took that suspect into custody.

When they did, they found eight bags of methamphetamine weighing of 3.6 grams, and they arrested him for that investigation.

Also of note, he had felony warrants unrelated to that case for assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a gun into a structure and child abuse, and he was arrested for that shooting that occurred at the U.S.

motel.

On August 8th, excuse me, August 11th of 2025, our narcotics section initiated a narcotics investigation, which led to a search warrant being served at the U.S.

motel room number seven.

During that time, they recovered 1.3 grams of methamphetamine, 7.6 grams of fentanyl, 10.3 grams of marijuana.

They also recovered the money they used during the undercover purchase operation, so we know that the money that was used by our detectives to buy that in undercover capacity was actually recovered within the room connecting that investigation, and they recovered a revolver.

The suspect in that case had multiple violent prior arrests to encode murder, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon.

Next, we talked about an arson that occurred in August on August 13th of 2025.

An officer was conducting checks at the U.S.

motel due to an increase in crime.

They noticed a building on fire and they requested the fire department to respond.

Once that fire was put out, they reviewed video surveillance video footage showing a man with letter fluid going in and starting that fire.

Suspect was located down the street, and he was also charged with arson first degree of note.

If you look at that picture, there is a gas meter directly next to where that fire occurred.

So thankfully, due to the fire department arriving quickly and extinguishing that fire, we didn't have a bigger explosion occur.

Next, another search warrant for the from the narcotics section.

That was in September 10th of 2025.

They conducted another undercover operation at the U.S.

Motel.

Search warrant was obtained related to selling drugs at three different rooms.

During the service of that warrant, they located two firearms, 36.1 grams of fentanyl, and two people were charged with trafficking in fentanyl, possession of a firearm during a drug offense, and child abuse and neglect.

The child abuse and neglect charge hinges upon, as they were doing surveillance, they saw one of the target go from one room to another, and they made a connection serve warrants on both.

What they found was the two people that were arrested were within one room, but the room that the female suspect had left had two children in there.

Within that room, there was a firearm as well as narcotics and paraphernalia that were easily accessible to the children.

So that was why they were charged with that.

And then this will go into the search warrant and operation that my folks completed.

So obviously, we were concerned about the recovery of juveniles within this property, and so we initiated proactive investigation to see if employees were complicit with that activity.

So over, and I'll detail kind of the three different days of operation as well as a search warrant that we took.

So on August 8th, a undercover female detective approached the managers and the maintenance worker.

Um the manager agreed to give the room for two hours as opposed to the normal rental period.

He also agreed to steer clients towards the room that she would be in, believing that she was involved in prostitution.

The maintenance worker provided water and condoms, agreed to assist in the future and exchanged phone numbers.

The next day we were there for our operation was the 21st of August.

Both the managers were present.

They offered a reduced room rate for two hours for $90.

Our undercover detective, again posing as somebody involved in prostitution, said she had three dates.

The maintenance worker provided condoms and lubricant for free to help her in that operation.

On August 28th, we went with our undercover again.

They got a room rate that was reduced.

They agreed to take a portion of the payment for the room after the sex acts occurred.

The manager Annie acknowledged that the UC was conducting prostitution and would then pay with those proceeds again from that date.

And they also agreed to direct dates towards that room.

We had another male detective that came in, and I won't share with you the very explicit thing that he said, but he to the effect of I'm here for the prostitution date.

And that manager actually directed them to the specific room where they were at.

When we were in those rooms, we staged them as though prostitution activities had occurred and document all that with photographs as well as reports documenting the steps taken during each one of those.

On September 12th, we served a search warrant with the vice section of the downtown area command.

We recovered U.S.

currency condoms, cell phones, and then as well as video surveillance equipment.

We conducted interviews with two of the three people involved.

One of the managers, Yash, agreed to be interviewed.

His wife did not, as well as the maintenance worker.

Yash acknowledged that the UCs were prostitutes, acknowledged the condoms and acknowledged that he co-mingled proceeds that he received from prostitution with the actual business money.

That was verified when we searched his room and found those monies co-mingled.

When speaking with the maintenance worker, he said there was lots of lots of prostitution that occurs on the property.

He acknowledged that he gave condoms to our undercover detective, acknowledged the accepted money from our undercover detective, and acknowledged that he had in text conversations, said he would provide free rooms that were outside of the camera coverage area to that undercover detective, believing that she was involved in prostitution.

As a result, those three subjects, both managers as well as the maintenance worker who lived on site were all charged with pandering and living from the earnings of a prostitute.

Those are felony offenses.

Um looking at data from Las Vegas Fire and Rescue from January to June of 2025, there were nine distinct fire and medical responses related specifically to overdose response or overdoses that occurred on their property.

So in summary, the U.S.

motel is a chronic nuisance under L VMC 904010.

Three or more nuisance activities exist or have occurred during any 30-day period when a person associated with the property has engaged in three or more nuisance activities during any 30-day period on the property within 100 feet of the property.

When a building or place is used for the purpose of unlawfully selling a controlled substance as defined in NRS Chapter 453, which is controlled substances.

Meetings with the owner guard no significant change uh during the several meetings that we had to include August 7th, August 14th, and August 21st, all of 2025, which is what resulted in us issuing an emergency suspension of business license on September 12th, uh 2025 under LVMC 602.363 for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, morals, good order, and general welfare uh within the city.

Um the one thing that I would like to close with and just be very candid for a moment.

Um, the violent crime problem during the months of August and July and September that stem from this property.

I wasn't sure what we were going to do.

Um, most of our traditional crime fighting methods um just simply weren't working.

And uh at the direction of L VMPD's executive staff, specifically the sheriff, uh, I had a marked patrol unit parked in that property for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Um, that is an extremely rare occurrence when we have to dedicate a full-time resource to a motel that is uh you know experiencing that much issue with public disorder and uh violent crime.

Thank you for allowing us to present.

Thank you so much.

Would you care to address the council?

Yes, madam mayor, council uh council people.

Uh there's no question that the crimes that are alleged at this property are avoided.

There is no universe where they should continue.

Um, but I would like to make it clear that my clients have undertaken significant efforts to remediate these issues and to address them.

Now, the first thing that they've done is they are currently evaluating 24-hour day security proposals from licensed security professionals.

I've got copies of those proposals here if the council would like to review them.

Um that will go a long way towards preventing these types of activities from going forward.

In addition, my clients have retained the services of uh former uh former Sergeant Victor Vigna of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to consult with them on the prevention of these crimes.

Uh Sergeant Vickna has spent uh more than 10 years in the vice unit preventing these types of crimes specifically.

And so the efforts to to remediate these issues to prevent these issues from going forward are serious.

The my clients agree, and in fact, proposed many of the conditions that were proposed by the city attorney's office uh to retain their license.

There's no uh objection to the idea that um they should be under close supervision of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

There is no question that they should meet their obligations to the city, and they're prepared to do that.

Um that being said, the vast majority of the crimes that have occurred on the property were reported by hotel staff, the vast majority of them.

And each and every one of the employees that were implicated in these issues have since been terminated.

Um, and I will note that the charges against them were dismissed with prejudice by by the courts.

Um, and while it is uh certainly unfortunate that these incidents are alleged to have happened without there being convictions, I think it would be improper to attribute those crimes specifically to the management or the ownership A2 management and RP Patel.

And so I would ask the I would ask the council to consider these efforts.

Um I'd ask counsel also to hear from uh Sergeant Vigna so that he can describe the types of training uh and the types of efforts that he'll be in instilling to ensure that the security personnel are able to prevent these activities going forward and that they'll have the proper training and the proper education to recognize these types of activities when they are uh potentially about to occur.

Uh and so with the council's permission, I'd like to invite uh Sergeant Big Now.

Please good morning, madam mayor.

Good morning, Councilman.

Councilwoman Kelly, congratulations.

My name is Victor Vignav, VIGNA.

I'm a retired sergeant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

I'm here on behalf of the U.S.

Hotel.

I was asked to review the complaints and come up with some corrective measures so these problems wouldn't occur in the future.

To give you a snapshot of my background, I am a 25-year veteran with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

During my tenure, majority of my career was spent in the vice narcotics section as a detective and as a supervisor.

I had direct responsibility involved investigating all vice-related crimes, including arresting prostitutes and their clients, pandering and human trafficking suspects, prostitution-related grand larcity trick rolls, businesses at front for prostitution, escort, alcohol services, pornography involving minors, and child prostitution investigations, and also the demand side, John Sting or customer investigations.

It was a federal task force.

I've instructed on the PIMP and prostitute subculture, the game or the ISM and the exploitation of child prostitutes to the tourist safety security seminars, police departments, FBI field offices throughout the country, Western states, Eastern States Vice Investigators Conference, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Aquantico, Virginia, for the FBI Police Academy.

I reviewed the complaints and the violations that were documented by the police.

And again, I would like to commend all the hard work of the police department because as an investigator, I know the hard work that they put into it, and I understand that this is a very serious problem, and that's why we want to correct it.

After reviewing the complaints or the violations, I came up with a corrective action plan, which I shared with Mr.

Beattie and also with the owner.

First and foremost was the termination of all employees that were involved with the business and to hire all new employees with a clear background investigation.

We uh went over surveillance equipment, we went over security, and we also went over lighting and corrective correcting the perimeter uh fencing.

In this packet, there's a proposal for the security guard's presence, hours, and what his duties will be.

Unfortunately, the representative cannot be here today.

He was in uh a prior commitment out of state.

Also, uh I have a submittal from Securitas for upgrading the security surveillance equipment that will capture all of the area of the U.S.

motel, which the captain alluded to earlier.

Repair replace the perimeter and surrounding wall, which was when in despair.

Uh which will include human trafficking, pimps and prostitutes and their subculture, child victims of prostitution, vice-related thefts, trick rolls, group and grabs, which are basically a pickpocket, alcohol entertainment services, uh, HIV and prostitution-related crimes, prostitution free zones, the demand side, John's and tricks and customers, and then I'll also talk about crossing the line about how officers have crossed the line and uh have uh been involved now in prostitution.

Some of the uh signs that I'll be more specific to the employees, signs to recognize, will address the front desk, reception, security, bellman if applicable, housekeeping maintenance and ballet, if applicable, how to document report and response, check lists of indicators, training, signage, and the communication with law enforcement.

I've also reached out to uh children of the night in Los Angeles, and I have a commitment from them uh that they will provide any resource that I need to include outreach signage andor any counseling.

Um it was a program we used when I was in the vice narcotics section.

Also, I have ordered signs for the property for human trafficking awareness, um, which are on order to address uh more specifically uh as the captain alluded to, screen the tenants diligently, watch out for suspicious tenant activity, such as high turnover occupancy in a room, use of both multiple names at check-in, establish a strict visitor policy, consider limiting the number of visitors per room and banning visitors after certain hours, hiring a professional uniformed security service on a 24-hour basis, which I have here in the proposal, create a checklist for management, which I already created.

It's in this also in this binder on what to look for, red flags and how to report.

Require all guests to be present, uh, all guests to present photo identification and vehicle information at check-in, no room rental by the hour, all guests must be legal age and that rent the room.

Monitor online activity, uh register for alerts, or property name used in any sex uh advertisements online.

Additional signage and postage, which I discussed earlier.

I've also created a formal trespass log to monitor and document trespass persons from the property, uh which they can provide to law enforcement, and also a suspicious activity report, uh, which they could be either handwritten or implemented into their software, which could be sent to the police department.

As a supervisor with the vice narcotic section, I had a uh ongoing rapport with the hotel industry where I had a liaison at every hotel that were providing you with information.

I would extend that invitation to the police department again, where we would have open dialogue with the police department to where we wouldn't have to call 911, didn't have to call 311.

We would have an officer we could call and deliver this suspicious activity in person.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Are there any questions or comments from the council members?

Ms.

Velenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um retired Sergeant Vega, thanks for joining us today.

Uh when were you retained by Mr.

Patel or A2 Management?

About three weeks ago.

Three weeks ago.

Yes, ma'am.

This has been a public nuisance for over two years.

Horrible crimes have taken place here, and you were retained three weeks ago to help ameliorate the problem.

That's when I was contacted, yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Miss Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh, thank you all for your information and for providing us with this background.

Um, and thank you, Sergeant, uh, for giving us an overview of the type of training that you could provide this business.

Um dear friend of mine whose daughter was trafficked.

This is not a game, and it's not funny.

And for this business to know all this time what is what was going on in its property and doing absolutely zero to address the issue is maddening to me.

When we have young ladies who are trafficked, the amount of work that it takes to try and rehabilitate them is unbelievable.

I was a legal secretary before I got into politics and I worked at the courthouse, and I know a lot about the programs that were put into place, much like our specialty courts.

They have specialty courts for young women or just people who have been trafficked.

The trauma, the PTSD, the lack of self-worth because they have been beat down emotionally, often physically, and to take this lightly when you absolutely owner had a chance to do something early, shows me that this was not an important issue to you, that you didn't care, that you didn't feel that it was necessary to build a relationship or rapport with the police department to help because they offered, and your employer chose that it wasn't important to them, that collecting dollars, that allowing people to be abused so that you can get $90 an hour in a room was way, way more important than lives of these young women who were probably homeless, maybe even have uh substance use issues.

Um these are human beings, and when we are so heartless that we don't see because we don't want to see, and you've had a couple of years to deal with this, it's a problem for me.

Thank you so much.

Um, Councilwoman Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

My question is for you, Captain Seeley.

You mentioned that you had your first meeting with uh the owners on August 7th.

Did they what was their reaction in the meeting?

Did they verbally commit to moving forward on some of these recommendations?

I know subsequently you sent emails that were not responded to, but what was what did they commit to, or what was their, I guess, disposition in that first meeting, please?

So the first meeting with Mr.

Patel, I was I was optimistic.

Um he did tell me that he would start to implement uh the recommended changes, um, but it was the meeting after that where there were still no changes, and then it led to the chronic snuis since and the emergency uh suspension.

But um we made it very clear in in that meeting as well that there was in fact sex trafficking of children um occurring on that property, and he said everything that needed to be said to make me feel confident that changes would be made, but they just never ended up making any of the changes or recommendations that we had for them.

And let me follow up on uh Ms.

Bruni's question.

Um, so uh let me understand this.

You've you met on a number of occasions that was set forth in your summary, August 7th, August 14th, August 21st with Mr.

Patel.

Did you tell him the findings that you have reported today to the city council?

Yes, ma'am.

So he was aware of what was happening on his property.

Yes, ma'am, to include the sex trafficking of children, the narcotics-related offenses, the arsons, uh, and the discharging of firearm on his property.

Thank you so much.

Um, is there a motion, Councilwoman Diaz?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I do have maybe a question or two for Lieutenant Kamel Bernstein regarding the arson incident.

Um, I believe I understood that that was reported by Metro to our fire because you guys saw the fire flaming, and that was not called in from the property, and I wanted to know if there was a call for service from the actual motel, or this was flagged by you all to our fire department.

Uh, yes, councilman for the record, Jesse Call Bernstein.

Uh, yes, that was the 24-7 unit that was stationed on that property as the captain mentioned to negate any future uh violent crime, sex trafficking, things of that nature.

Okay, so it was reported by Metro and not actually the property management team on site.

Yes, correct.

Okay.

Um obviously everything that's been reported here is very concerning, especially not just to the council and the mayor, but to myself as a representative of Ward 3.

Um, we obviously stay in contact.

Uh Captain Seely and I are always in communication about hot spots and things that are not going right, and five points, our hair had been on fire for a really long time, and it's super unfair that then the neighbor surrounding that motel have to suffer because forever the management and the ownership didn't care to care about anybody else, and not even care about its property.

I mean, who in their right mind would be proud that there is minor prostitution happening in their motel, that there's narcotics being sold, that um their property is being lit on fire.

I mean, those are really significant telltale signs.

And for Metro to go to Mr.

Patel and Mr.

Patel not to really engage at that point, that to me just shows how checked out and how there is complete disregard for our public peace, our health, our safety, and good order and general welfare of the city.

Forget about US motel.

What about the rest of us that have to deal with the aftermath and Metro being sucked in there for extra patrols and our fire department being deployed for OD calls all the time?

This is unacceptable.

Completely unacceptable.

The information shared by Mrs.

Adelby Heard, Captain Seeley, Lieutenant Colmell Bernstein, and also our attorney Mata shows and confirms that there is good cause to find that the US motel is operating as a public and chronic nuisance in our city, and that will not be tolerated, period.

The activities that were identified in our business licensing confidential books is business activity that is unlawful and impermissible.

And that that it should never happen.

Just to confirm the words that spoken by my colleague in Ward 5, those are lives being affected every day.

A parent going without their child, a child being trafficked.

That should not be happening in our backyard.

So I'm going to move to follow staff's recommendations to revoke the license.

And I would like to also direct staff to place the 12 conditions that Mrs.

Adelby heard read into the record on any future similar licenses at this location for the next five years.

And this would apply to the current owner, any licensee managers, or agents.

And also I'm gonna also ask for a year cool-off period uh for Mr.

Patel uh to be operating in this vein and this scope.

That is my motion, Madam Mayor.

Thank you.

Uh shall we vote on the motion?

Uh mayor, one second, just to clarify.

I wanted to check with the deputy city attorney Mata, but uh Councilman Diaz as an amendment to the motion, it's going to be a one-year cool off for Mr.

Patel and any of his agents.

Correct.

And then Paul, did you want that attached uh to the property or in general?

Uh to the property.

Okay, so we're good.

Thank you for uh making sure my motion was complete, Mr.

Dorkek.

All right, shall we vote?

Are you able to vote?

Are you vote?

Uh we're ranking for the women.

Um, motion passes.

All right, thank you so much.

Um and Madam Mayor, if I may, I do want to say thank you to our downtown area command officers.

They're out there on the beat every day making difference in our lives.

And I heard um that yesterday was first Tuesday, and Mayfair community is super happy with all of the interventions happening too to help support that community.

So I just want to thank you all for your um just selfless public service you do every day.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council Kent.

Um, I am uh very cognizant of the fact that there are a number of people here to uh listen to uh agenda items that are coming forward later in the meeting.

However, we have a posted uh time of 11 o'clock this morning, and it is 11 o'clock now for a closed door meeting, a time certain at 11 a.m.

Uh closed meeting is called in accordance with NRS 241 uh uh point zero one five for C to receive information from the city attorney about potential and existing litigation.

May I have a motion, Mayor Pro Tem to enter into a closed door session?

So moved.

Shall we vote?

Okay.

Motion carries, and we will recess while we have our closed uh session and uh reconvene as soon as it's over.

We are back from closed session.

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion to reconvene?

So moved.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion passes.

We will go back.

I beg your pardon.

Why did yes?

Don't confuse me.

Um we're going back to where we left off, which is agenda item 35, discussion for possible action regarding the city of Las Vegas Arts Commission municipal arts plan for FY 2026 for public art initiatives within the city of Las Vegas, all wards.

Ms.

Plaster.

Or whoever is coming.

Good afternoon.

Director Plaster's still on her way back.

And I'll get the presentation started until she returns.

We thank you.

Would it be preferable to to wait for her?

If you don't mind, she just a couple minutes.

Thank you.

Is that okay?

Yep, thank you.

Okay.

Okay, let me see.

Um agenda item 36.

This item is being trailed to be heard with item 48.

Okay.

We will now move to uh agenda item 37, boards and commissions.

Discussion of possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Lindsay Lebo to the ward two seat of the planning commission.

Uh Don Walsh was reappointed in July of 2022, and he has resigned.

The unexpired term must be filled by a ward two appointment.

Ms.

Lebow is eligible and wishes to be appointed.

Is there a motion councilwoman Kelly?

Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh I am um thrilled to be able to put forward Windsor's name for consideration by the council.

She is a ward to resident, even though I that's uh not required, but she is she also is a small business owner and has her business in ward two.

So very excited.

I'm happy to answer any questions about the appointment.

Uh if anybody says it.

So that is your motion.

Motion to approve.

I apologize.

So much.

Please vote.

Post right on the final.

Yes.

Motion passes.

Discussion for possible action regarding the reappointment of members to the youth neighborhood association partnership program.

Grant review board from the following list of nominees, and I am going to have our city clerk read the names.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh let's see.

From the nominee Samantha Burgess, Ward Two, Idolina, E to Aralda, Ward Three, Brenda Flank, Ward 4, Margareta Deville, Day Bill, Mayor's Adult Designee.

Ayana Castro, Jericho Cruz, and Chloe Camarillo, Mayor's Youth Designee.

Ayana Castro, Jericho Cruz, and Chloe Camarillo, Mayor's Youth Designee, and the appointment of nominees Maria Jose Turbino Espinosa, Ward 1, Julius Lightfoot, Ward 5, Elizabeth Lopez de la Torre, Ward 6, Alex Bernal, Mayor's Adult Designee.

Erica Borges, Mayor's Adult Desigdesignee Alternative, and Zion Moore, Skye Jones, Perla Hernandez, and Harlequin Jane Diaz, the Mayor's Youth Designees, and Scarlet Mota, Mayor's Youth Alternative, all wards.

Thank you.

Well done.

Well done.

YNAPP is a service learning program encouraging young people to take an active role in their neighborhood.

The board consists of 15 members, eight adults, seven youth, two alternate members.

Terms of office are one year, and members may be reappointed to consecutive one-year terms.

Motion carries.

Maggie, there's Maggie Flaster.

Okay.

And seeing Ms.

Plaster, we will go to agenda item 35.

Apologize for being late.

You would have had no way of knowing when we reconvene.

So good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of the council.

I'm Maggie Plaster.

I'm the director of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs.

And with me here today is Jennifer Clevin, the Deputy Director of our Cultural Affairs, and Laura Machado, the public and visual arts section manager.

And we're here to update you on our investment in the creative projects that enrich our public spaces, support Las Vegas-based artists, and reflect our diverse community.

We'll also present the Las Vegas Arts Commission approved municipal arts plan for your approval.

And this is required by chapter chapter 2.34 of the Las Vegas Muni Code.

The goal of our public art and gallery program is to make art a part of everyday life in Las Vegas, whether through permanent public art installations, rotating gallery exhibitions, or temporary projects that activate our neighborhoods, we're focused on creating a vibrant, welcoming, and culturally connected community.

First, I'd like to take a moment to highlight the work of the Las Vegas Arts Commission.

It was established back in 1987 and since then has been dedicated to encouraging and supporting the creation of public art throughout our community.

This group is made up of 12 community members with a wide range of backgrounds in the arts and related fields.

They meet on the third Thursday of each month, except for July, to review park projects, initiatives, and keep the momentum going.

Each year, the city transfers 1% of its annual general fund capital improvement budget into the percent for the arts fund.

And as you can see from the slide, the amount we receive changes from year to year because of different financial factors like shifts in the overall capital budget in the economy.

For fiscal year 26, the transfer amount is just over $395,000.

And this money allows us to continue investing in public art projects that make our community and public spaces more livable.

And just to share the timeline with you, the arts commission reviewed these projects in August.

They look at all the projects that have been completed, those currently in progress, and potential new projects that might be coming up.

And after this review, they make recommendations based on what they've seen, and then we bring those recommendations recommendations to you for approval.

And now I'll turn it over to Jennifer to go over completed projects and those in process.

So throughout fiscal year 2025, the public art and gallery program team completed five projects, all funded through the Percent for the Arts Program.

And Ward 1, the Medical District Sculpture Project Star Child by Las Vegas Artist Mark Brandovic.

And ward three, the Civic Center Building Interior Artwork Project.

And the conservation and maintenance of the paintbrush gateway sculptures in the arts district.

And then ward five, the mural and sculpture at the West Side Education and Training Center, both by Las Vegas artist Adolfo Gonzalez.

So now we'll share a short video that our colleagues in communications helped us put together.

Oh, I saw that a lot of the people who are not going to be able to do that.

So in addition to the projects we've completed, the public art and gallery program team is currently managing thirteen active projects funded through the Persent for the Arts Program, at least one or more in every ward across the city.

And in Ward Four, the AMP Utility Cabinet Painting Project.

And Ward Five, we have the Third Street Sculpture Project, Here's Park Tile Mural, and the James Gay Park Public Art Project.

And then finally in Ward Six, the Centennial Hills Park Tile Mural.

So we look forward to updating you in the future with the progress of all of these projects.

In ward four, they recommend commissioning an artist to create a mural along the exterior wall of the Cimarron Rose Community Center.

And that project budget is $15,500.

In Ward 5, they recommend hiring an artist to paint a mural on the brick wall surrounding the Doolittle Pool.

That budget is $70,000.

In Ward 6, they're recommending hiring an artist to create a mural on the concessions and restroom building at Pop Squares Park.

That project budget is $15,500.

And now a project for all wards.

They're recommending funding the acquisition of additional artwork for the city's permanent art collection.

The selected works would be installed in city-owned facilities and offices, public areas throughout the city.

And that project budget is $91,500.

Also, in alignment with the city's public art master plan, it's been recommended that we commission a graphic designer to create a map of the public art highlighted the city's permanent art collection in all wards, and that project budget is $20,000.

And then every year we allocate an amount of money for the conservation and maintenance of the city's public art collection.

This year we recommend $80,000.

This allows us to fund the ongoing care and maintenance of our growing collection.

And then our final item for projects this year is to hold 5% contingency because we know that there sometimes are unplanned expenses.

And to do that, we are holding $20,000 to fund those unplanned expenses.

And that wraps up our project list for FY26.

I'm happy to answer.

And this team is small but mighty.

And so I just want to tell you that we have four full-timers, Laura Machado, Mary Sabo, Holly Leigh, and Parker Arecki, who are responsible for all of the gallery exhibitions of public art, the murals, the temporary exhibitions.

And also they have a part-time staff of Kuschandra James, Kimberly Polito, John McVeigh, and Yulia Bilipov, Sarah Duke.

So I just wanted to make sure to say their names.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

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

Yes.

Thank you, Mayor.

I just wanted to say thank you.

I know I I put a lot of pressure on your team to do a lot of things in the medical district and then my ward in particular, but I very much appreciate it.

And the Star Child has created all the conversations that I thought it would create.

So thank you for that.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Super excited that we finally got those paint brushes fixed.

Oh my goodness, it's uh been a long road in the making, but we're super excited.

We found um a very awesome solution because everything was almost cost prohibitive with no guarantee.

So really excited to have that added uh to our arts district.

But I just wanted to commend all of you for all the work you do art-wise.

I mean, it's really cool to see how much we are adding in our city.

And um, one sad note though is I saw that a lot of um endowment for the arts grants from the federal level were basically terminated, which is not a good thing because that means no money's coming to the state to pass through, or very limited funds are coming now to then support artists in our community, and so I think it's just something for us to keep at the top of our minds as we continue to work, do our work, and then find a way to encourage our state legislature when they're primed and ready to maybe allocate some dollars for the art space to make accessible to local governments because um from what I've read it's like uh one to nine return on investment for every dollar we're investing in arts.

There's a nine dollar return uh behind that investment, and so I think that that has so much potential.

Um, but again, uh it's kind of uh shocking when you're seeing our bucket shrinking for how much we can do in the next year or so.

So um just trying to hopefully put that intention that we should try to grow the funding for our arts uh because I know that our artists and our community definitely need it.

Thank you so much for all the work you do, ladies.

Councilwoman Polenski.

Oh, thank you, madam mayor.

Uh question because so much of our efforts uh in the slide deck is directly towards murals.

Uh having been down the mural lane with uh ward four land use application, uh three-story mini storage that I didn't care for very much, but we thought uh the developer to put a large amount of money in for a baseball sculpture themed.

You remember that not sculpture, uh mural.

Um down the mural path.

And what I learned in all of this exploration is that murals in southern Nevada generally last only five years.

And I want to make sure we're investing all this money in these murals that we get the very expensive clear coat that will extend their lives.

Laura's very team's very experienced with the clear coat.

You want to talk about that?

Sure, yeah.

We actually use a mural shield, so it's an anti-graffiti coating and a UV shield.

And we have murals in our collection that have lasted 20 years.

So sometimes we have to do a little touch-up work.

Um, but that clear coat really really saves us a lot of work and extends the longevity.

So every mural mentioned will have that class.

Yes, absolutely.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Summers Armstrong.

I just want to say thank you.

This is beautiful.

Um, I every time I come to a city council meeting or have a meeting with you all.

I learn more and more about the AUSE stuff that's happening in the city of Las Vegas and in Ward 5.

And I'm really grateful, and I'm looking forward to all the stuff and the map, I think is going to be wonderful.

That we have a place where people can actually tour.

Uh, and I think that's gonna be helpful and a good attraction for us.

It's a good good way to spend money.

So thank you.

Thank you.

That's great.

All right.

Um, is there a motion, Mayor Pro Tim?

With do we have to make a motion on this?

Is it to accept the plan?

Okay.

Uh, with appreciation, I will move to approve.

Thank you very much.

Shall we vote?

Host.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

So much.

Now go to we'll now go to agenda item number 39.

Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at this meeting.

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

Yes, Mayor.

Bill number 2025-35, First Amendment, an ordinance to amend various provisions of L VMC Title VII pertaining to the regulation of pet shops to amend various provisions of L VMC Title VII to revise and establish penalties for violations of various provisions of Title VII to amend LVMC Title VII Chapter 42 by adding a new chapter therein designated as Section 35 to prohibit newly licensed pet shops and existing pet shops as of a certain date from selling dogs, cats, rabbits, potbellied pigs, or guinea pigs, and to provide for other related matters.

Thank you so much.

Um who's gonna present that uh thank you, Mayor and Council, Jeff Dorkak, City Attorney.

We thought it might be appropriate, Mayor, for this bill to have a little bit of background about how we got here, so we have a short uh PowerPoint to present to council and the public uh that is attending and watching on this item.

As noted with the updated title, this ordinance deals with prohibiting pet sales at uh existing and future shops, and also updates our pet shop regulations generally.

Um, a little history on how we got here as the council uh especially recalls we had two ordinances uh that were bills that proposed changes to our Title VII animal title.

Uh one was dealing with requirements for pet shops, gener generally regulations and regulatory changes.

Uh that was presented by former councilwoman Seaman, and then we had a bill from Mayor yourself and councilwoman Bruni dealing with the prohibition on sales and a three-strike rules to bring uh non-compliant pet shops in front of council quicker if there were issues.

Because the two bills were existing at the same time, these sponsors uh thought it appropriate and efficient to get together and work on bringing the bills together, which they did uh based on some feedback and discussions there.

Uh essentially all of the terms for both bills were put together along with an additional uh piece that would sunset after two years the ability for grandfathered shops to continue to sell animals.

In other words, we have 13 shops today that sell animals.

Uh the initial idea was that they could continue for all time to sell them.

Uh what the initial idea then after that was was after two years, they would not be able to sell any more those 13 existing grandfathered shops.

We sent that unified bill out for business impact solicitation based on the feedback from the businesses.

Uh it was recommended that we introduce the bill without the two-year provision.

So we went back to the grandfathered shops could continue to sell as long as they existed uh for all time.

Following the introduction, we received more feedback, and based upon that feedback, the direction uh was for a three-year sunset for the grandfathered shops, and that is where we are today with the First Amendment.

Uh so again, a portion of this bill is regulatory, and the other portion deals with three strikes and the sales.

Some of the regulations that we have in this bill that I believe most of the people interested in are aware of in the council as well, as we briefed on it several times, keeping animals away from non-stop human interaction, keeping animals in appropriate uh cages or areas so that they're not with animals that would could do harm to them, a written disease control program rather than just a disease control program that we don't even know if it's written down, uh some warranty requirements from the pet shops.

If you buy a dog who's under 12 months of age, you are going to get a one-year warranty and also 30 days of free pet insurance uh signage dealing with the kennels where the animals are sold, a health certificate requirement, and then again, mayor, as I pointed out uh from your and councilwoman Bruni's original bill, three adjudications of any violations of our Title VII, you are brought before council for potential loss, or excuse me, brought before animal protection for possible loss of your permit immediately.

There's no subjective decision about whether to bring you you are brought before animal protection.

The pet sale limitation deals with dogs, cats, rabbits, potbellied pigs, and guinea pigs.

Like I said, there are 13 existing shops that sell any or one or any of those animals.

Uh you can, under the bill as written with the first amendment, relocate that shop.

If I have a shop that sells those animals, I'm exempted in under the current language.

And if I need to relocate for whatever reason, maybe my rent goes too high, I can relocate within the city of Las Vegas and maintain my licenses and permits after the necessary, you know, go through the new shop.

But I cannot expand my business.

I can't do a second shop.

I have one.

Uh pet shops can under this bill partner with our nonprofit partners and shelters who have animals what we heard from earlier today in order to do free adoption uh events in order to move some of those animals from at the pet shop locations.

And then find at no cost, those are not going to be um sold.

It's gonna be at most, it would be the adoption fees.

And then finally, we have the penalties if this bill were to pass.

If you're selling any of these animals uh after the prohibition goes into effect, you will be facing a fine of 250 at a minimum, 500 maximum.

And again, that first amendment that was approved by the recommending committee, uh added a cutoff on the exemption for the 13 grandfathered shops.

They will have three years to continue to sell those five animals after that, it is over.

Any new shops that come before business licensing and animal protection from the get-go, if this bill passes, they cannot sell those five animals.

Uh can those shops then exist?

Yes, this is not a ban of pet shops, this is a ban of pet sales on the five categories.

You can have a pet shop that sells animals outside those five categories, and obviously all of the other uh food and equipment needed for raising your pets.

So, with that, that is the first amendment of the ordinance in front of you for vote, mayor.

I'll turn it back to you.

Obviously, we took public comment at the start of the meeting.

There's not a need unless you uh would like to take it now, but other than that, we're good to go.

Thank you so much, Mr.

City Attorney.

Does any member of the city council wish to speak?

Or question or questions?

Well, speak means questions also.

Okay, in that case.

Thank you, Mary and Thanks, uh, Mr.

Dorkak for the presentation.

Um, I just wanted to make it clear because uh I will get asked a whole bunch of questions about this one.

And we've gotten probably two thousand emails, I guess would guess over the last couple of weeks.

Um so I've gone back and forth on this particular bill for a variety of reasons.

Uh, number one, mayor, I just want to say I think you've done an amazing job bringing a community together.

Um really really impressed with uh what is a challenging topic, at least it is for me.

Um but you've done a great job of bringing everyone together.

Um I believe in every part of this bill with the exception of the of the um limiting uh the sunsetting.

Sorry, thank you.

Um so I think it's great to no new licenses, but I would like to extend the grandfather for the existing businesses.

And I think at least the pet stores that I've seen in my ward, my guess is is that the regulations that are put in place here, and that I believe Mr.

Tovar's group are well equipped to manage.

I think that would probably put several of the businesses in my ward out of business based on some of the things I've seen.

And so my stance would be is that if that sunset stays in there, um I'm I can't vote for that.

Um if it's removed, I'm happy to vote for it.

And just some of the criticism I'll get because I get it every single time I talked about animals, just to be clear.

Uh some of the critics will come out and say if you're a Republican, you're pro-business, you're anti-business.

If you're Democrat, you're immoral or unethical.

Um, so I haven't taken money from anybody.

I I asked my veterinarian what I should do.

That's that's how I came up to this particular stance.

And I appreciate everything everybody's doing for animals.

Um but this is where I am right now.

So I appreciate that.

I thank you so much.

Yes, uh, Ms.

Pelensky.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I too echo um Mayor Pro Tem's sentiments about all the work you've put into this uh not only this uh ordinance but bringing that entire animal ecosystem together to have thoughtful dialogue in order to get here.

It's been great for you and for all of us to see the f the fruits of those labors.

Uh I personally uh am a 17-year small business owner here in southern Nevada.

I as so many people know, I grew up in the back of a donut shop and a liquor store.

I'm second generation small business owner, and I don't feel comfortable, and I don't think it's the proper role of government to unilaterally take business licenses away.

And I think today is a great day to discuss this because I believe the best course of action for this is to increase regulations.

And I know we had Commissioner uh Christian Kigliani here.

I had no problem with every regulatory suggestion she made.

I would embrace every single one of them.

I want to move forward with those consumer protections that we've all talked about internally.

Uh the regulatory and a very robust regulatory environment is what I'm in favor of.

And uh when that environment is not uh when small business owners don't operate within those regulatory controls that we set.

I have no problem taking business licenses away.

But I believe that's our uh correct form of action in this environment.

Uh so I too have great discomfort about unilaterally taking 17 business licenses away, or excuse me, 15 business licenses away.

13, 13 business licenses unilaterally away without going through that vetting process.

I know on October 1st, the review journal mentioned Southern Nevada as the fourth highest unemployment rate in America, and I don't want to put two to 300 people on uh our rolls right now.

So uh I'd like a more deliberative process, one where that you this body can control, and I have never not taken a business license away when someone acts inappropriately.

So I I welcome that.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um what I propose is we have um we have a bill, and I hope somebody will step up and make a motion for this bill.

Let us vote on it.

Should it pass, it's an ordinance.

Should it not pass, I would entertain another um uh uh another motion.

Is that uh can I do that, Mr.

City Attorney?

I'll be with you with as you go.

Yep.

Would anybody then uh I'll make the motion.

Um I move that we vote uh for bill number 2025-35.

With the first amendment.

Yeah, with the first amendment.

Just add that to your motion, please.

At the three-year, yeah, three-year ban after um uh and three years uh ban on all sales of pets and pets, all 13 pet stores.

Um shall we vote.

Please post uh the uh the bill passes, and thank you all very much.

Um I'd like to say a few words.

Um I have a few rules when it comes to leadership.

Um, and I consider myself I may be mayor, but in the end, I'm one of seven votes on the city council, and I I uh it's very important to me that our city council speaks in not only a dignified manner, but in a you uh uh uh uh manner that shows that we uh work together.

Um people know that when I I say what I mean and I mean what I say, so nobody ever walks away from a conversation with me where they go, what you say?

Um nothing like that.

Uh I always say what's on my mind, and I uh obviously everybody treats me in the same manner.

I also don't like to put my colleagues in an awkward position where we are um forced to vote between one thing that we like and another thing that we like.

Um I prefer that we are uh closer to uniformity.

And I I think I I thank you for your compliments, but I kind of feel I let everybody down by not um uh uh working harder to make this more palatable for every member of the city council.

And I think it's very important that everybody votes their conscience and does what they feel is best for themselves and their constituents and all of our collective constituents in the city of Las Vegas.

So I want to thank everybody.

I know this was a tough vote to take, and that people were quite deliberative and thoughtful in their actions, and I want to thank all of my fellow city council members for the time and effort that they have put into this and other pet related animal related um issues that come before the city council.

So I want to thank all of you as we move to agenda item number 40.

Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting.

Uh items 40 through 42, bills 2025-36, 37, and 38 will be heard at a later meeting.

Agenda item 43, new bills.

Items 43 and 45, bills 2025-39 and 40 will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, November 17th, 2025.

City attorney, would you read the new bills?

Yes, ma'am.

Bill number 2025-39, an ordinance to amend LVMC section 6.84.10 and 6.84.50 relating to wedding chapels to provide a definition of wedding chapel for licensing and regulatory purposes, update operational requirements, and provide further related matters.

Bill number 2025-40, an ordinance adopting an extension of an ad valor and property tax rate in the city of Las Vegas for the purpose of employing police officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as required by Senate Bill 451 of the 83rd 2025 session of the Nevada Legislature and providing further related matters.

Thank you so much.

New bills 2025-39 and 40 are assigned to the November 17th, 2025 recommending committee members, Councilman Knutson and Councilwoman Diaz and Polenski.

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

And I thank you so much.

Agenda item did I miss one.

Okay.

Agenda item number 46.

Items 46 through 46B are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Department of Community Development.

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Items 47, 47A, and 47B.

25-0324 abeyance item on the following land use and titlement project requests on 17.12 well 12 acres on the south side of Alta Drive, approximately 420 feet west of Rampart Boulevard, PD Plan Development Zone 47A, 25-0324-MOD1 abeyance item to amend the Queensbridge Towers development standards regarding land use, building setbacks, building height, parking screening, materials, and finishes, and exterior colors.

47B, 25-0324-SDR1, abeyance item for a major amendment of an approved site development plan review, SDR 4206 for the addition of a proposed four story 332.

8.17 acres on APN 138-32-310-007.

The applicant is the Khalida group, and the owner is Palm Fund LLC and al the Planning Commission and staff recommend approval on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 2.

And our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, Your Honor, members of the Council.

Good afternoon.

My name is Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing the Khalida group on the two matters that you read into the record.

This is a major modification and a site development plan review for a multifamily development that Khalida is proposing to build on this property.

This is Alta Drive to the north.

And over here to, I'm gonna say to the west of us, to the north and west of us is the Tudor Village or the Tudor subdivision located here.

And you have the Queens Ridge Golf Course, which is located down to the south and to the west of our property.

Just to the north of us is the Sun Coast Casino, and which I'll be talking about.

We have some ingress and egress access that will be coming off golf course drive in this area, which I'll talk about as I go through the uh presentation.

Um so we started out, we were not required to have a uh neighborhood meeting.

Um, however, because Khalida and ourselves, our office knows of the interests of the neighbors in this general vicinity, we wanted to have a voluntary neighborhood meeting.

Uh so we had a voluntary neighborhood meeting at one of the Khalida developments just across the street in uh Boca Park, and uh we invited neighbors over and they came.

We had about 40 people that showed up to the neighborhood meeting so we could talk about the proposed development.

Um we had a lot of good feedback.

Um matter of fact, I think the thing that we've been focusing on is traffic circulation, and we both have common goals, the neighbors in the area and the developer to work on those issues, and we have some conditions that uh Lucian will read into the record that we've been working with public works and the neighbors.

As I get into this, I do want to thank uh Russ Rowe and the and uh people from Suncoast.

Uh they've been working with us over the last uh I I say several months.

It seems like the last couple months that we've been working on this.

And then also uh Don Cooper and the neighbors from uh the Tudor Village in this area met with them and Don and I are on text messages and phone calls uh quite a bit over the last few weeks as he's represented his uh neighbors in this area to address the issues that we wanted to make sure we addressed.

Um as I mentioned when uh the initial neighborhood meeting, the good news is I believe the consensus was that this is a good project for this area.

Um mayor, as you mentioned, uh this is going to be a 332 unit development.

This is a four-story sixty-foot high building uh located in here where the previous approval on this property had towers at two up to about two hundred and something feet in in height.

This is only sixty feet in height, and because the topography in this area, it's not gonna have a negative impact to the existing towers for Queensridge or any of the other existing um development in this area.

The rents that are going to be proposed here are average about 2500.

We have some penthouses apartments that are gonna be located here.

Rents are gonna be anywhere from $1,800 uh dollars a month all the way up to about just shy of $7,000 a month for for this area here.

So this will this explains you the type of development, and if you're familiar with the Khalida group, they build the high-end luxury development here.

This is gonna be a theme of uh health and wellness.

So you're gonna have a lot of amenities.

The group, the tenant they'll be living in here that will be attracted to will be involved in the health and wellness stuff and amenities located on the property.

Um getting into the conditions and our discussion with the neighbors.

I think this is the best way to give you an idea of how this development is gonna lay in between the existing developments and the future development to the south of us, which is the Lenar development uh within the Queens Ridge uh subdivision as we're we're discussing.

So again, this is the eight acres of property that we will be designing.

Um we will have ingress and egress right here on Clubhouse Drive.

The concern from the uh Tudor uh subdivision in here is the amount of ingress egress that's gonna be coming out of our project, but more importantly, the Lenar project, as you can see to the south and to the west of our project here.

Lenar already has a proposed access coming out onto Rampart, as you can see, located here, and they're gonna be having another access coming out on Clubhouse Drive.

So the discussion, and I want to thank uh councilwoman Kelly, and in the early stages, the first week or two uh being on the job, she jumped right into this Queens Ridge uh development, and we all met with your staff and uh Councilwoman Kelly and we had uh representatives from uh Boyd and and the representatives of the neighbors in the area, and we all got together, and that's how you do these these things.

You work together and communicate a lot of work behind the scenes.

Um, and then we get here to this position where we have conditions, and I want to thank your staff for working on those conditions.

But um the concerns in this area here is the ingress and egress coming out on Clubhouse Drive.

We have conditions in there to address it.

The neighbors had some concerns about construction uh construction plan in this area.

That is a part of the revised conditions that will be read into the record.

We also have a common goal is where we would like to provide another access out here onto Alta, somewhere in this area here.

That's going to be subject to a traffic impact analysis approval, review, and approval by your staff.

Uh, that is an added condition that we uh have been discussing because we, along with the neighbors from the tutor, would like to make sure we could hopefully get access coming out here in Alta.

By doing so, we'll relieve some of the pressure of access coming out on the club clubhouse drive because that's the only place today that we have access coming in and out.

Otherwise, the property's landlocked.

We do have proper fire access, which is down to the south southeast of the property that's located here.

And uh, that being said, your staff has reviewed this application.

They're recommended approval for the major modification that's before you, and also the site development plan review.

The planning commission also recommended approval.

Uh, and in the approval, they also added the condition that we would have this area studied to have in ingress and egress out onto Alta, and then subsequent to that planning commission meeting is we added some additional conditions that I'll let your staff read into because I'll probably screw it up, and it's easier to do it that way.

And with that being said, I'm here to answer any other questions that you might have.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Grunauer.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, Madam Mayor.

Thank you, Peter Lowenstein, for the record.

The proposed amendments to the Queen Twitch Towers development standards include adjustments that apply to the proposed phase two only, leaving the phase one language as previously approved.

As the office building is no longer proposed, standards that apply to it are supposed to be removed.

Proposed reductions in the requirements for perimeter landscape and parking are minor and will not compromise the compatibility of phase two development with phase one or the adjacent properties plan for future residential development.

Staff therefore recommends approval of the major modification.

The proposed development will adequately will be adequately screened from the existing adjacent condominium towers and sufficiently set back from the planned single family residential development to the south and west.

Staff therefore recommends approval of the site development plan review subject to conditions.

If approved, staff does have some added conditions that uh Mr.

Pyatt and myself will be we can read into the record now if you'd like.

The first as being a planning condition, it says the applicant shall submit to the city of Las Vegas building official prior to or at the same time application is made for a building permit, a construction plan delineating the construction hours, maintenance of the site, and surrounding roadways clear of debris and dirt, as well as construction traffic, including but not limited to routes, delivery hours, and construction worker shifts.

Lucian Pyant for the record.

So under the public works under item 47B, we'd like to add one condition and modify condition 18.

The added condition will read, if not already constructed by others and required by the traffic impact analysis, the developer shall modify the existing traffic signal, signage, pavement markings, and possibly widen clubhouse drive to indicate an exclusive left turn lane and a shared through right lane in the northbound direction.

Additionally, the developer shall upgrade the traffic signal with four section flashing yellow and parentheses FYA signal heads for the left turn movements on all four approaches.

The city traffic engineer reserves the right to modify the Alta drive slash clubhouse traffic signal or restrict movements at this intersection in the future.

And uh the modification to condition number 18.

We'll just add two sentences to the end of condition 18, which read the intersection of clubhouse drive and which wood place shall be analyzed.

And this required traffic impact analysis.

Any approved mitigation must be legally viable and prevent cues from extending into the Alta Drive public right-of-way.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

This is a public hearing.

Does there anybody is there anybody here that wishes to be heard on this item?

Would you identify yourself for the record?

Uh thank you, Madam Mayor Russell Rowe here on behalf of Boyd Gaming Corporation.

And since my good friend Bob Gronaur called me out in his presentation, I had to come up and thank him and his his team and the great work uh on this project.

Uh, we're thrilled about it.

Um, we've been uh looking at Clubhouse Drive for as long as Queensbridge is has been in uh potential redevelopment, and I think those conditions uh uh fairly reflect uh addressing it in a proper manner that works for everyone.

And so uh thank you for that, and thank you for your staff.

And and honestly, mayor, this is a good excuse for me to come and say hello to you and say mayor for the first time, which is fantastic.

Um, as well as being able to say uh thank you to Councilwoman Kelly.

Um it's a true honor to be able to call you, Councilwoman.

So thank you all.

Thank you very much.

Is there anybody else wishing to be heard?

Welcome and please state your name for the record.

Thank you.

I'm Mike Riando.

I serve as the president of Queens Ridge Owners Association.

I also own a property over here in Tudor Park.

Uh and as you know, that's immediately adjacent to the Ainsley development.

I'm here today to speak not just on behalf of Queensridge residents, but on behalf of the overall well-being and public safety of our community concerning the traffic impact on Clubhouse Drive.

Our core request is straightforward.

We ask that the Colita Group be required to redesign and expand Clubhouse Drive as an essential condition of approval for the Ainsley development.

Our primary concern is the unmitigated forecasted traffic demand on Clubhouse Drive, which is currently a simple two-lane street.

Two-lane street infrastructure cannot support the immense growth already approved for this corridor.

332 units, Ainsley, 166 units in Tudor, 1480 approved by Lenar, some large percentage will use this lane.

This means that a narrow two-lane road will serve over a thousand households.

And we believe the future traffic demand will far exceed the streets capacity.

They are about public safety.

Imagine a typical rush hour.

Hundreds of vehicles attempting to enter and exit, resulting in gridlock of the signal.

In that high volume moment, what happens when there's a medical emergency?

Fire and medical access could be severely delayed, and that's a risk we should not and cannot take.

Furthermore, Cleita Group's reliance on a previously approved traffic study is simply not reassuring.

That study was completed years ago and did not anticipate the Lenaro Preserve development.

It's also my understanding that Lenar's traffic study may not have even included the existing traffic demand from our Tudor Park community.

Relying on outdated or incomplete data to approve 332 units, new units, is fiscally irresponsible and reckless with our residents' safety.

We want it to be a four-lane street, two lanes in each direction, dedicated center turnally.

Prevent traffic flow issues.

Provide for emergency access.

They are guaranteed to arise.

We need to plan for that.

Without this infrastructure requirement, we simply shift the costs and the immense safety burden onto the city and the existing residents.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to be heard?

Would you state your name for the record?

Yes.

My name is Don Cooper.

I'm a resident of the Tudor Park neighborhood there.

Mayor Berkeley and Council, thank you for allowing us to speak.

I've heard uh the previous gentleman's uh comments and agree with those.

Um I've worked with uh Bob Gronauer and spoken with Councilwoman Kelly, and thank you for your your support and congratulations on your appointment.

I I did want to again reiterate those concerns.

Um there were many things that were overlooked previously in the Lenar uh study, and that additional traffic is going to impact our neighborhood substantially.

One of the things I just wanted to ask about was one of the conditions that was read into the record, uh talked about a secondary drive on to Alta, which I think is is important.

What I wanted to get was council's view of what triggers that.

In other words, is that at the sole discretion of the developer, or under what conditions must or should that be added?

Um Mr.

City Attorney staff, can you please address that question?

Mayor, yeah, I would direct that to a staff so we can have the staff interpretation because that's yes.

Essentially, when they do their traffic study of their development, though they will include the traffic study information from the LENAR development.

And we look at level of service for the intersection, the traffic signal that will be potentially modified at Clubhouse and Alta.

If it's operating unacceptable service, then obviously they need to do something to mitigate that, and that would require the um the exit only on Alta.

But at the same time, um, if they if their study when they submit it proposes the exit only on ALTA and we analyze it that way, then and we don't find any safety issues with the what we are assuming right now is going to be an exit only driveway on ALTA, then we'll simply approve the exit only on ALTA.

But I don't it would because the study hasn't been submitted, we can't say that they're going to do that, but there is a condition that essentially allows them to make that request in their traffic study.

So I would expect that the traffic study will have an exit only on Alta.

Does that answer your question?

Yes, to the extent I'm hearing that the traffic study will analyze both with and without the secondary drive on to Alta, so that a judgment or a determination could be made.

Is that what I'm hearing?

Um I don't think they'll they'll analyze it without, I think they will analyze it with, but they they do have the option to analyze it without as well.

Okay, great, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Um applicant, do you agree to all of the conditions that have been read into the record?

Yes, Your Honor.

And did you want to comment on uh the gentleman's concern about traffic?

We've had these uh many of these discussions, everything's in the wrapped up in the traffic impact analysis.

We've addressed it in the conditions, your staff has heard all the issues, we're all aware what needs to be done, and we're very comfortable moving forward with those conditions.

I thank you.

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

In that case, is there one down here?

Oh, go for it ahead.

Thank you, Mayor, and uh welcome Bob.

I want to first uh this having been this being my first um council meeting and um the first development to which I'm addressing, I want to thank Bob very much.

I um have enjoyed uh working with his representation of his client, the Quita group.

I asked that this be obeyed because I did not want it to be well, first thing I hadn't had enough time to learn about it, understand it, and consider it, and asked for it to be obeyed.

Um, and they willingly did so.

So I want to express uh that that outline, I mean, I'm sorry, that underscores my experience, which has been as uh Mr.

Groud Gronauer articulated, that um they have very uh diligently uh reached out and included uh working with a neighborhood um adjacent, which is tutor working with Don Cooper, and um making sure that Boyd was kept into the loop uh of what they were doing.

Um we worked on the traffic study.

Um there was one condition that um the tutor folks had asked for that that we we decided not to include, uh and I had uh uh and that is that um clubhouse drive be the only I mean clubhouse drive be eliminated as an access point for construction, and that's just not possible in this area as I understand it.

And so um, but again, that um Bob worked to communicate as as Mr.

Cooper said very diligently with that group.

And um, and so I feel that the conditions have support from the major groups that are included, and I I do also want to uh recognize uh some of the questions that uh Mr.

Randau uh talked about.

Um the the what we've made sure in these conditions is when the LENAR study was required, and I I'm I'm going to I know that staff will correct me if I miss state anything, so I I welcome you to jump in and invite you to do so because I'm still learning.

And I'm I'm going to I know that staff will correct me if I miss state anything.

So I I welcome you to jump in and invite you to do so because I'm still learning.

But when the when our traffic study was conducted, the only thing that Linar was required to do, because there was no future ball knowing whether what would be built there other than the the tall tower uh which was predating this request and the two-story office building, uh they were they so their traffic study uh did not uh need to contemplate the colleagues group space.

Um it also did not include, and I'm I'm not in a position to comment on why because I wasn't here, but did not include the the the private street called Winchwood, which when you come in through Clubhouse Drive of a Volta, that is the that is the turn you make going right to enter into two door.

So what we've done in this and these conditions and in the conversation with Bob and Public Works and traffic is to ensure that Winchwood is considered, to ensure that the Lenar traffic study is considered.

Uh Mr.

Rondeau talked about concerning concerning about it being old information, and that's what this traffic study will do will be an update of everything.

And um, I believe, and and this is making sure for Peter and uh Mr.

Lewinstein and his crew that emergency access is regarded in the traffic study.

I just am looking for a head nod, I guess.

I mean, that's something that is regarded as well as you know, preventing traffic flow issues.

What do those issues do they back up on to Alta?

All of those kinds of things.

And so I feel this is but for excluding Clubhouse Drive as being a construction access point.

This is really addressed.

I feel the concerns after talking with Queens Ridge with Tudor and uh with the public works with traffic and with Bob and the Colita group, and feel that we have created the scope in a manner that is going to address and void, address what the questions are, which we have a lot going on in that area.

There's going to be more things coming down, and uh what we're looking for is uh satisfaction that uh we're doing our job as well as we can as a city to uh um make sure that we're paying attention to all of the impacts of not just the colleita group, but how their addition to this area affects all of the flow.

And and did I I have I summarized that correctly, Peter?

Thank you very much for that nod.

Um I will entertain a motion that is.

Thank you.

So thank you.

So with that, I move to improve based on uh based on the staff recommendations and the conditions added by staff that were targeted articulated today uh to approve item 39.

Did I say that right?

37.

A and B.

A and B.

So hopefully the clerk got the clarity of that motion.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Shall we vote?

Please post please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Thank you, Councilman.

We will now hear related items 36 and 48 together.

36, R-68-2025 abeyance item, discussion for possible action to approve a resolution adopting the Charleston 2050 special area plan for the Charleston area.

48.

25-0179-uh DIR 1 abeyance item, applicant owner, City of Las Vegas, discussion for possible action on adopting the Charleston special area plan for the Charleston area, the planning commission and staff recommend approval.

These items are in ward one and three.

Mr.

Knutson, Ms.

Diaz, item 48 is a public hearing, which I now declare open.

And Mr.

Floyd.

Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh Mayor, if ever there was a council meeting that ran the gamut of everything we do here at the city, I think this is it.

And uh we're gonna close that out by doing adopting another one of our 16 neighborhood plans under your 2050 master plan.

And I'm introducing this one because this one is especially dear to my heart because my wife actually grew her entire life except for four years in college.

She has lived in the Charleston neighborhood.

She grew up at Rainbow and Decay, or excuse me, Charleston and Decatur went to Bonanza High School, and now we live near Rainbow Family Park.

I've lived here for almost 15 years, so I know this neighborhood very well.

And with that, I will turn it over to Marco.

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

As Seth had has introduced, this is one of our area plans that are part of the 2050 master plan.

We have done a number of these already.

And they really looked at the entire spectrum of how we can make transformational changes in this part of Western Las Vegas, west of I-15, south of I-11.

And really how can we make an impact with respect to public spaces, streets, and housing in particular, as well as uh parks and recreational amenities.

We had uh community surveys and outreach done in 2024 uh a lot through uh Councilman Knutson's office.

And again, really we did the same process uh as we've done with our other special area plans.

Uh did uh open houses at community centers, uh pop-ups at parks, uh found people uh at the Bonneville Transit Center.

People uh really gave their feedback uh directly and uh through surveys, and we were able to develop a uh a vision statement that uh is in front of you and really people want to see those safer streets, uh slower cars, higher quality transit, more spaces to gather and recreate, more trees and shade, and more parks and green space.

Uh that was pretty much uh unanimous throughout.

The plan goes into four areas of action, uh so individual uh chapters that discuss uh each of those as well as that uh that overarching vision.

I think the centerpiece of this is probably Charleston Boulevard itself.

If ever there's a main street going right through the middle of Las Vegas, it is Charleston Boulevard uh going east-west.

Uh and the big piece that's going on uh at the same time is an alternatives analysis being conducted by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada that is looking at adding high capacity transit and making a complete street along the entire length from Summerlin all the way over to East Las Vegas and over to where Las Vegas High School is in the county, making this uh a rail corridor or a bus rapid transit corridor, some form of higher capacity transit, that is really at the at the heart of this.

And then the other streets that connect Charleston itself would also follow suit in terms of making safer spaces for people to walk and bike, and then having transit-oriented developments at the major intersections and along the corridor, along Sahara, along Charleston, along Decatur.

That's what we want ultimately want to see.

And this alternatives analysis, uh, which they're doing uh right now, if you go to Charleston Boulevard.com, you can find out more information.

We're doing uh this is a first step to actually getting some uh station locations and uh and and ultimately uh a pro a preferred alignment and a preferred um a preferred mode uh as part of this.

Uh public spaces, again, we have a big gap in the south end of this uh of this area, and you know, we have great public amenities within Charleston now.

We have Area 15, we have the Springs Preserve, we have got a number of parks, uh Bob Baskin Park, we've got Rainbow Family Park, uh neighborhood parks there, but there are some gaps.

We do know that uh that we don't have a community center other than Mirabelli Community Center.

These are recommendations for investment that we can take a look at as part of future capital uh improvement planning and maybe leverage other resources to fill in this uh this this area and and provide some additional amenities for the public.

Uh increasing housing diversity.

As mentioned, you know, there's a number of different opportunities at uh for infill and redevelopment.

Uh we have a lot of asphalt and parking lots that are sitting uh empty.

We have vacant sites throughout uh throughout uh the area.

There might be locations where we can fill in uh mixed use uh commercial and residential, higher density housing.

Uh we've had a couple of applications over the last couple of months that have fit that uh fit that bill, and I think ultimately what we'll start to see, especially with a trend a major transit project, you'll start to see more of that, and we'll start going up because we are at our limits right now with the rest of the city in terms of being able to go out.

So this is the type of uh housing product and really trying to make those investments for such a diverse area that has quite a range, quite a spectrum of of different housing needs, all the way from you know uh less than 30 percent area median income all the way up to uh above 150 percent or more.

You have great neighborhoods like Rancho Circle, uh Rambo Family Park, and uh everywhere in between, there's definitely a need for housing of all types.

And finally, redevelopment.

How can we provide this catalytic redevelopment opportunity?

We have different locations throughout uh throughout the valley where we have the ability to make infill and redevelopment happening.

Some of that might require some additional or new tools to make uh to make that happen.

Housing incentives or some of the legislation that was passed during the 2025 legislative session that will open the door to getting more mixed-use housing.

Taking a look at the College of Southern Nevada campus or or the adjacent or the adjacent parcels immediately around it uh along the Sahara Corridor.

Where do we have overlaps with the uh with the redevelopment agency?

And with that, we we might need to make some new uh new asks in terms of incentivizing development and getting uh that higher quality development in there.

So some of the next steps that you'll see over the over the ensuing months here, we're gonna continue on with the Charleston alternatives analysis in partnership with the RTC.

Uh we we have uh very very soon a transit-oriented development overlay that lines up with the 2050 master plan, uh a parking study that we're going to be meeting on uh to just discuss uh removing some of those parking minimums and right sizing parking requirements in terms of zoning, and then incentivizing uh different types of housing.

We had uh several bills, including our own that speak directly to how we can extend tax increment financing for for transit-oriented development or providing incentives for attainable housing, and then in terms of greening the place up, we have uh coming very soon uh an urban forestry uh um special management plan and a tree ordinance that will help uh to get more trees planted.

And earlier in this this meeting, we had a consent item uh that is specifically forwards one, three, and five to plant trees uh throughout uh throughout the community, and uh that that is really kind of at the heart of what we're trying to do.

Green the green Charleston up and make this neighborhood uh more walkable uh and and a great place to live.

And with that, I'll take any questions.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Vellada.

Um, this is a public hearing.

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

Seeing no no one, I will close the public hearing.

Are there any questions or comments from the council?

Yes.

Thank you.

Um Marco, I saw on on your housing slide the missing middle.

You didn't explicitly call out condos, but I just wanted to have you confirm that that would be part of the potential housing product mix.

Yeah.

Uh Marco Villado for the record, the mayor to you, councilwoman.

Uh, yes, absolutely, for rent for sale condos is a part of that mix.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yes.

Ms.

Kennedy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh nice to see you again, Marco.

Uh the I I just want to make sure that the the in the vision 2050 plan, the requirement or the goal or vision to have 60,000 new trees, these go towards that goal.

Yes.

Love that.

Thank you.

Is there oh yes, Ms.

Diaz?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Since um a little part of it is in my ward.

I just wanted to speak to uh thanking our fabulous planning team for getting more input from our residents about what they see is lacking and how we need to take concerted efforts to improve the quality of life.

Um we we know as a city our safety in our streets and walking for everyone and our pedestrians, uh keeping everyone safe on our our roadways, vision zero, hence we know that's a constant work in progress, but being intentional also is important and knowing where the major arteries or arterials are that flow through our city.

Uh Charleston being one of them that connect uh pretty much west to east.

Um and then obviously the trees, not only on the east side do we suffer from lacking the tree canopy, but also on this area, so really great to see that.

And then um last but not least, I love that you picked up on how we don't really have a lot of open spaces or green areas for recreation.

Um that is an area that I would want to see how we could um bring uh because some of our children that live in apartment complexes and the apartment complex doesn't offer a playground or a field or anything for recreation purposes.

Uh so we need to be creative and figure out ways to give those spaces to the community.

So those are just uh thoughts and echoing uh everything that you've laid out, and super excited uh to see what we could do to move the needle in this area.

All right, thank you so much.

And mayor pro Tem.

Thank you, Mayor.

You just have a tiny little piece, Councilman Diaz.

So don't try to try to weigh in on my Charleston plan.

But I'm in it.

But just a little.

Thank you very much.

But I'm still in it to win it.

It's a competition, always is.

I appreciate it.

You did a great job presenting.

Uh, my request is kind of what we talked about in the office is as much as we want to put things into plans.

Um, talking about infill development doesn't actually get you infill development.

So we have got to have follow-up action items that puts the city in an aggressive standpoint to recruit development into this area in particular, and it's not going to happen unless there's something there.

So that's my request is whatever whatever aggressive steps the city needs to take to make infill development possible.

Um let's do those more than planning.

Let's actually put action into the words on paper.

And great job.

And with that, I will move to approve and look forward to those next steps.

And this is approving item 48.

That is.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

And a motion for related item 36.

Mayor Pro Tem.

I will also move to approve item 36.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you both very, very much.

Agenda item 49.

25-0407-RQR1 required review.

Applicant clear channel outdoor LLC owner, Eric Pennepenna, uh, for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for retire a required review of an approved special use permit.

Uh-0029-87 for a 75-foot tall 14-foot by 48-foot off-premise sign at 2421 Stewart Avenue.

C1 limited commercial zone, ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Uh staff recommends approval.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Madam Mayor Peter Lonesing for the record, these are usually fairly routine and lend themselves to be on the one motion, one vote.

So maybe the applicant had thought that's where it was.

Since we haven't got the applicant, can I ask staff to please uh address us at this time?

Sure thing.

During a routine field check, staff observed the sign and supporting structure were well maintained.

Uh staff has not received any complaints in regards to the maintenance on the the off-premise sign.

The surrounding area has not experienced any significant changes since the last required review back in October of 2021.

Therefore, staff recommends approval of the required review.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Since this is a public hearing, is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Are there any questions or comments from the council members?

Okay.

In that case, is there a motion?

Councilwoman Diaz.

Yes, Madam Mayor.

I'm gonna follow staff recommendation for approval of agenda item 49.

Okay, please vote.

Post motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 50.

Setting the 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 or nuisance litter abatements.

Well it do, Mayor.

Thank you.

Agenda item 51.

Citizens' participation, public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the city council.

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

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

The amount of discussion on any single subject as well as the amount of time of any single speaker may be limited, and it is limited to two minutes.

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?

Please state your name for the record.

Last but not least, Grace Albanys, A L B A N E L C.

And my uh concern is about the law library over here on Bridger and third, where they're trying to get me thrown out, the law librarians.

Um that almost has like no library books anymore on the shelves, and yet uh they just remain empty.

But the law librarians are trying to get me thrown out.

Summer, Chris uh Summers, Chantel, uh, Gail, et cetera, Marilyn, Tanner.

And uh the way it's constructed is like out of the 60s, there's like a wall of doors.

Um, and uh that wall where they can kind of hide behind uh each door leads into like an office.

That wall should really come down and maybe just replace it with glass, kind of modernize it a little bit.

Uh there's no cameras in the law library over here on Bridger and uh and third.

Um the law librarians never have to walk out into the common area or us common folks walk.

There's like a secret passageway for the law librarians to walk behind the uh the customer service help desk where there they go through another door behind another wall just to go from one end of the circulation desk to the other, come out another door to go into more doors behind another wall.

This is all very much out of the 60s.

And uh you have to go through a metal detector too, but yet there's no uh cameras in the law library where the uh law librarians want me thrown out, they'll stand behind me and just whisper all these text messages about me that are posted on their phones.

So we could if we could maybe uh you know, in uh add cameras, add cameras, and uh, like I said, the shelves are empty pretty much of books, and uh there's just like a lot of no wall of secrecy there.

And why, you know, why is it so secret?

Why can't the law librarians uh walk in the common area?

Why do they have to take the secret passageway behind the uh customer service desk?

Um and uh, you know, so no cameras, we need cameras.

Take down that wall, replace it with some glass so we can see the law librarians.

Um and thank you, Grace.

On behalf of the city council, I want to thank you for coming, but I have to direct you to the county commission because the county runs the law library, not the city.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

We will now move to item 52.

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 a future agenda and no discussion regarding the substance of any proposed topic shall occur.

No action shall be taken.

Do any this is uh the time for the city council.

Did you want to speak under um public comment?

Yes.

All right, then we're gonna go back to the um agenda item before this.

Um sorry I didn't see you coming up.

Please state your name for the record.

You have two minutes.

My name is uh Philip Ott.

May I display a photo?

Oh, in the square.

All right, my name is Philip O and uh just Monday.

I was um I was wrongfully convicted and maliciously prosecuted by the city prosecutors, Jamie.

Not Jamie, Julia and Bobby.

Uh Jamie Honaker, uh, this alleged pedophile, T Spice, and G.

Strong, and Adam Page, and even Chief Marsha Newsom all got on the stand and so severalized.

Uh Mr.

Matthew, my judge Matthew Walker.

He did not let a lot of my evidence in.

He let them just convict me based off of words.

And I'm going on appeal.

But these are the type of people that I have representing this county in the city.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Back to agenda item 52.

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

Seeing none.

Agenda item 53, 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.

Ms.

Summers Armstrong, have you anything to contribute today?

Well, yes, ma'am, and thank you for acknowledging me.

We'll go as fast as possible because I have a lot.

Oh, take your time.

Oh no, it's 2.05.

I think we all want to go.

So here we are.

So on um the 11th, the 5th of November, um, I was honored to uh join the mayor and councilwoman Diaz uh for the family album art exhibition opening in Civic Plaza.

It was absolutely beautiful.

Uh the art in there is so relatable and uh just a reflection of our community, and I encourage everyone to go over.

It was a beautiful, beautiful event, um, and I'm looking forward to more um art exhibitions there as well as with the um relationship that the Las Vegas Museum of Art has with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the future.

On the 16th, um, my team and I were uh honored to uh be invited to a little Shishi poo-poo dress up event at the AC Element uh and Park Hotel, the grand opening in Symphony Park.

Uh, we got to put on some heels and some Rouge, as my mother would say, and really enjoy a lovely event.

This uh location is beautiful.

It's a non-smoking uh uh dual branded hotel in Symphony Park.

They had a great opening, and we are excited about um their partnership and the great things are gonna happen in the city with them being here.

On the 17th, uh again, the mayor was there and other elected officials and my hubby, and we got to uh go to the parade for the Aces my first time, and look who's up there, Kelly, who used to work for us, who's now retired and living her full life, but she's a huge baseball fan and she was a basketball fan, and she was there with some other notable community members and leaders.

We had a wonderful time and go aces and congratulations.

Next on the 18th, we attended the book festival, had a wonderful time, spent too much money, uh, but had a great time.

These are such amazing events in our community.

Um, and they had speakers and uh authors were signing autographs.

It was beautiful, and I'm really proud of our cultural affairs folks for putting on a wonderful event.

The 25th, um, I had the honor of taking 34 or five or six plus students from uh the what ward five area and local uh high schools to the HBCU football classic at Allegiant Stadium.

Thankful for our partners who were um Nevada Partners, some new marketing, my firm, uh oh gosh, uh G3 Electric.

Um, and with help from the school district, we were able to get a bus, and we took these kids and we had a blast.

They enjoyed the game, the bands were phenomenal, and um we're looking forward to uh what we can do uh to support this event again next year.

The 26th, um we attended the St.

James Um Catholic Church uh annual jazz brunch.

That's okay.

Uh it was amazing.

They had music, live music, and dancers, and the food uh was amazing at the Santa Fe.

Um and I was just it was just wonderful uh to be there, and I'm grateful for the invitation.

Um that same day that was the NAACP brunch, uh not too far away at Aliante, and I would the mayor was there as you can see, and uh our uh attorney general spoke and others, and beautiful awards were given to community partners.

Uh it was a wonderful event.

On October 31st was Halloween Safe Night at uh Pearson Community Center.

Uh a couple months, several months ago, Commissioner McCurdy um said, Hey, you want to get in with me on this event?

And I said, What are you doing?

Same as always.

He goes, No, I got big plans, folks.

He had big plans.

The whole um field, 400 meter field, was filled with um tents, they had jumpers, they had activities, they had um a tailgate uh in the parking lot.

There were thousands of children there.

It was wonderful, it was safe, they had a great time.

We were able to um give out candy until it was all gone as well as share information.

So I'm just excited to be a partner with him.

Thank you for our staff for supporting us at the event, and uh it was great.

So next year, I guess again, a whole festival.

Um, a couple upcoming events.

Um, this Saturday, November the 8th, we will be at Lorenzi.

Oh, oh, hold on.

Held Dorado Days, uh, the seventh and the eighth of this week, uh, right here in downtown at the plaza.

Um, we are hoping to get there and enjoy some of the rodeo activities.

Um, if you have young children, um the tickets are really reasonable.

It'll be a lot of fun.

So please bring your babies out to Hel Dorado.

Um the 8th, we will be having a community cleanup at Lorenzi Park with Get Outdoors Nevada.

You can sign up on the QR code.

Uh, we love to make our communities um safer, more beautiful, and cleaner, and this is one way we do it.

And in addition to the habitat maintenance, we will also have a paper shredding and RX Drop off.

Uh, this is in conjunction with Cox Communication.

We're working together on this uh this whole day of activity.

So please come out.

We would love to see you.

It's gonna be a beautiful Saturday.

Um, also coming up on the 22nd of November is a faith-based community health fair that's gonna be at Second Baptist Church over on Madison.

Um, we encourage you to come out and get your blood pressure checked.

Um, talk to um dental and eye exams we'll be giving, uh, nutrition uh and wellness guidance, a great opportunity to see your neighbors, enjoy some wonderful weather, and take good care of yourselves.

As always, I'd like to remind everyone that Lorenzi Park has free tennis lessons and activities.

Um I haven't made it out yet, but trust me, I'm coming.

Uh, and uh with my knee with my knees wrapped up uh tight because I'm old.

Uh but please come out and bring your kids.

This is the weather is gonna be amazing now to play tennis.

Um, it's great exercise and a great way to get out and just have a wonderful time.

And as always, um, we want you to reach out to us um at ward five if you need anything.

Sign up for our newsletter.

We are um weekly, we will be putting information about food resources as we are in uh the shutdown.

Uh the newsletter will go out today that will have information, so please sign up.

There's my team, Nora Julius and Ara.

We are here to serve you.

Please call us at 702-229-5443 or email us at ward 5 at Los Vegas Nevada.gov.

Thank you, Mayor, for the time.

Thank you so much.

Um Councilwoman Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

On the morning of Thursday, October 16th, I had the privilege of presenting Somerset Academy, Lone Mountain, with a proclamation for earning a five-star status in both elementary and middle school.

This proclamation represents their dedication to excellence and education and community.

Congratulations to all the students, staff, and parents on this amazing achievement.

Next up on Friday, October 24th, I had uh the pleasure of attending the Sun City Night Out, hosted by Sun City's neighborhood preparedness team.

This annual event brings people together to promote first responders and community partnerships.

This also gave us the opportunity to continue to educate residents about our Knox Box program.

I want to give a special thanks to our neighborhood services team and LVFR for their help with this event.

It was well attended, including the mayor and our district attorney.

Next up, uh quite a few of us, including Councilwoman Bruni, uh Mayor Berkeley, and most of the city manager's office, including a strong showing uh from uh our uh previous deputy city manager Steve Ford, who came in shorts.

I was very, very jealous.

Uh we had the Sky Canyon substation groundbreaking on Wednesday, October the 29th.

This stub station will strengthen safety and response times during emergencies.

Thank you to everyone who played a role in bringing this project to the Northwest.

Uh I'm so grateful to have this great new addition to our community.

Next up on Thursday, November 3rd, Ward 4 joined the Las Vegas Police Protective Association's trunk retreat event.

This is the fourth year in the row.

We've did we participated and we decided to dress up with a Jurassic Park theme.

I want to thank the LVPPA for inviting us to celebrate with their families and their members.

It was a wonderful evening that brought our community together for fun and safe Halloween celebration.

A special shout out to Lizzie Izzy Lewis from our event staff who donned the T Rex costume all night and made many, many kids happy.

Next up, please join us for the Nevada State Veterans Memorial Relocation Event Kickoff on Monday, no, excuse me, Tuesday, November 11th at 11 a.m.

at Thurdenbird Family Sports Complex.

This event will celebrate the beginning of the Nevada State Memorial Statue relocation, which is an important step in honoring our veterans.

It's November 11th.

I'm sorry, I misspoke at 1 o'clock because that's when your schedule allowed.

The City of Las Vegas is accepting toy donations for tickets on parking infractions from now through November 14th.

You can bring a new unwrapped toy or a game of equal or greater value to your parking fine to parking services office.

All donations will go to families who are currently receiving assistance from Nevada Behavioral Health.

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

Eight children are still missing from our community.

With the holidays fast approaching, it is now time to come together and help bring these kids home.

If you have any information that could be of help, please contact the LVMPD missing person detail at 702 828-3111.

And finally, you can stay up to date with updates, community news, and events happening in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the things.

If you ever need any assistance or have any questions, please don't hesitate to get a hold of us the old-fashioned way.

702-229-2524.

We are always here to help any way that we can.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Mayor Pro Ten.

Thank you, Mayor.

I will contend that sending a letter is the old-fashioned way calling is not.

Just to say it.

It is it is National Donut Day, and so Alex from my office put donuts in the back if anybody wants a donut.

And because it's National Donut Day, it's American Diabetes Month.

November is American Diabetes Month.

Diabetes is a serious but often overlooked public health crisis.

Terrible.

By understanding our risk, getting screened, and taking advantage of local prevention and management programs, we can help reduce serious complications and save lives.

And there's a QR code there for free or low-cost testing classes and additional resources from the Southern Nevada Health District.

And I'm doing a bruise with Brian on Saturday, November 15th at 9 a.m.

at the coffee pub on West Sahara.

I'll be joined from guests from Public Works.

And so if you need to yell at anybody, they'll they're there that day.

And that's the right people to yell at for all the cones in Ward 1.

And we'll be outdoors, so dressed appropriately for the weather.

And that's all I got.

Thanks, Mayor.

Oh, thank you so much.

Um Miss Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh, we're gonna kick off here on October 15th.

We had our DPS Explorer graduate ceremony.

Um, and it was amazing.

Uh it was awesome to be there to commend these 13 young men and women for dedication, discipline, and the outstanding leadership qualities that need to be demonstrated through this rigorous 16-week program.

Congratulations to them and a special thank you to Chief Potts, Lieutenant Lopez, and all the members of our Marshalls team that serve as mentors and partake in this program for our youth.

On October 18th, I had the honor to be at the Las Vegas Book Festival, um, which I know the mayor and councilwoman Bruni was were also in attendance for.

Um, it was a huge success.

I was thrilled to introduce Disney's Meant to Be series panel, a standing room only event featuring talented authors, Christina Lauren, Soraida Cordova, Jasmine Gilroy Gillary, Julie Murphy, and a special virtual guest, Jesse Q Sutanto.

On October 20th, the Vegas Chamber and Workforce Connections ribbon cutting took place across our newly unveiled Civic Plaza.

Congressman Stephen Horsford, our awesome mayor Berkeley, and more elected and community members were there with us, thrilled to celebrate our new neighbors.

Uh, and our new neighbors are the Vegas Chamber and Workforce Connections.

And um, they have well, they're in the process of still moving, but I think Vegas Chamber is all installed and uh workforce is working on their transition, but this is uh definitely a major milestone in civic and business collaboration, and it moves and brings Southern Nevada business leaders closer to the heart of downtown and civic activity, and I can't wait to see how we can all make businesses thrive in our city.

On October 23rd, we had our principals round table, and I want to thank each and every Ward 3 principal and administrator and staff member who took the time out of their busy schedule to join this uh much needed conversation.

Their presence, insights, and leadership made the conversations truly meaningful as they have the pulse for each one of their schools.

I'd like to thank Dr.

Malic and her incredible YDSI team, our community partners, UNLV, Pollo Campero, UNR Cooperative Extension, and so many more.

Even Heather Harman stopped by to talk about all of the arts offerings in Southern Nevada.

So I just want to laud everyone who wanted to offer a hand to all of these amazing amazing educators in our schools.

On October 24th, we were there to witness the Get Outdoors Nevada native habitat maintenance and at our Justice Myron E.

Levitt Park.

So those of you that may have not known, adjacent the uh not so old pickleball courts is a native habitat, and so we have plants that are truly um the ones that will thrive here in um our city.

So want to give a special thank you to KO Kenutsen Middle School, and there's no relation to this canutzen, I believe.

Um, but yes, they were there helping give it give us a hand.

Um, and so they cleaned um the plant area up.

They planted over 90 new plants, they removed invasive weeds, and um we truly appreciated their time, energy, and commitment to environmental stewardship.

And um, I hope that everyone swings by and takes it all in because it's uh newly refreshed and refurbished.

On October 28th, there we had our Four Queens North Tower Grand Reopening.

Um again, Mayor Berkeley, who's everywhere these days, uh, every ward everywhere.

Um we were thrilled to celebrate the ribbon cutting to um yes, that's really cool.

She's in every part of our city in every ward.

Um we were there to celebrate the renovation of the North Tower at the Four Queens, uh, 24 million dollar investment that updated the rooms tastefully with modern amenities, sound dampening windows, and much more.

Congratulations to the entire Four Queens team.

October 30th, uh, we had our Halloween celebrations at Stu Pack Community Center and um also at East Las Vegas for our uh community center for our fall festival.

Just want to thank all of our partners and making this such a smashing success.

We had over 1,200 residents participate in our fall festival at the East Las Vegas Community Center, and I know that all of our kiddos and adults had so much fun wearing their costumes.

I know I did.

Um they love doing the parade and having the costume competition.

So we're just looking forward to already planning next year's frightfully fun festivities.

Uh, mayor, um, not mayor, councilwoman Summers Armstrong already put a plug in for the next slide, which is Haldorado Days Rodeo.

So I'm gonna skip to the next one.

Just putting another plug out for senior law program again, free attorney consultations at East Las Vegas Community Center for 60 plus or 60 years young uh individuals of our community.

Uh, they will have attorneys at our locations starting October 15th.

So you can call 702-229-1515 to make an appointment and get a 30-minute consultation with an attorney.

Super important, as um, we need to re-evaluate things and reposition things, so don't wait.

Take this free help.

Um, it's worth it.

Uh, also want to put in a plug for my annual Ward 3 Senior Thanksgiving lunch coming up on November 21st.

If you're 55 years young uh or older, please RSVP via our QR link or call 702-229-1515.

This is definitely one of my favorite events of the year because not only do we have good eats, but we get to boogie on down and have some fun, raffle prizes.

All right, last but not least, I have the Neon City Festival.

It's a free festival that will return to downtown November 21st to the 23rd.

It's a 2025 lineup that is officially out with music from all genres, from fan favorites to local artists.

This year's festival brings nonstop music and energy to the heart of downtown.

Save the dates, take a look at the lineup, and I hope you'll all come on down to support it.

And with that, uh, those are all of my um whereabouts for the last couple of weeks and um upcoming activities.

And as always, you can always stay connected with our office via phone or email.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

In the interest of time, I'm going to skip my slides.

Um, please sign up for our newsletter if you want to learn more about what we're doing.

If you can go back, the only thing I want to plug is our town hall coming up tomorrow night at the Active Adult Center from 6 to 8 p.m.

We'll have representatives from our Marshalls, Metro, neighborhood services, and code enforcement.

We're going to be talking to neighbors about how to continue to keep our ward six neighborhoods safe and clean.

So please join us.

RSVP, so we have enough snacks for everyone, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Councilwoman Kelly.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much, Madam Mayor.

I am excited to tell you a lot.

We've been busy in Ward 2.

And I'm going to take privilege by saying that before I was sworn in September 30th, I was at the Las Vegas Museum of Art reception learning more about that important project.

Very excited about that.

I did an event with Outdoors Nevada and on the 25th.

And then I held my first breakfast buzz.

And that was terrific.

And then the next slide, please, we I hosted with the mayor on October 22nd at Faith Leaders Breakfast.

And was there welcoming those terrific community servants and recognizing them for the hard work that they do supporting our communities?

We the next one is another that the next slide is actually from their first breakfast buzz, but I also did a second breakfast buzz in October.

And I encourage any of you who want to come.

We invite you to join us and the folks in Ward 2 at Breakfast Buzz, which is a great way to connect with neighbors, share ideas, and hear the latest things that are going on.

And that was on that's on Saturday, November 15th.

And then we also are fully staffed on the next slide.

And our main office number is 229-2420.

Email us at ward two.

Everybody has access to that, and that's the best way to get a hold of me is to either call or email us.

So I'm thrilled to be here, and I can't getting all these ideas from all of you.

And uh more pictures is what I've learned.

So thank you.

Thank you so much.

It gives me great joy to announce that this city council meeting is now adjourned.

Like I've been waiting for 30 minutes.