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The February 18th, 2026 meeting of the city council is called to order.

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Before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Stephanie Phillips, political director, veterans in politics in place of Reverend Cassina Ellis Christ uh Christ Church Episcopal who couldn't be here today.

Please remain standing while Stephanie uh leads us in the pledge.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Please bow with me.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day.

I thank you so much for this opportunity to proclaim your name in these chambers.

I am so very humbled.

I thank you for our incredible mayor and for each of our council members here today.

I pray you guide them, lead them, direct them.

Give them wisdom for all the decisions that they make each day.

I pray for a hedge of protection be put around each of them.

Guide their steps and watch over them.

You call us to pray for one another, and I pray for all of them and all of our elected officials.

Father, there is a great divide in our country, and I pray you heal this nation.

Where there is division, I pray for unity.

Where there is unrest, I pray for peace.

Where there is intolerance, I pray for grace and understanding.

I pray we see each other with love rather than labels.

Father, there is a war for our children's minds and hearts in this country.

I pray that you preserve and protect their goodness and their innocence.

I pray we raise up our children in your way.

Excuse me, in your way and in your word.

Father, we thank you for your blessings and your mercies that are new each day.

May we go about our business and do our work to magnify you, not ourselves.

May we come together as one nation, one community for the betterment of all.

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, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you so much.

We will now proceed to our ceremonials.

Welcome everybody.

We're thrilled that you're here with us today.

This is the ceremonial portion of our agenda.

And for our first item, I want to invite our strategic initiatives manager, Sarah Garcia, to join us.

Our employees strive to meet our values of being kind, committed, and smart.

And they work to build our community to make life better.

I'm proud to announce that the employee of the month is Anthony Lambert.

Anthony, please join us.

Hello.

Anthony is a strategic analyst in our Office of Strategic Services, and he has been with the city since 2019.

Anthony is a standout member of the city's Smart Lab team, and his impact can be felt across nearly every department.

Smart Lab is the city's internal continuous improvement program designed to help staff streamline their work and reduce waste, ultimately saving time and resources while delivering better service to the public.

Anthony is personally helped train more than 460 employees in process improvement methods, empowering teams to work more efficiently and with greater purpose.

To date, Smart Lab has completed 58 improvement projects with 105,000 indocumented savings, thanks in large part to Anthony's steady leadership and support.

Anthony is always patient and approachable as he guides teams through complex challenges, and he brings his full focus and energy to each project, no matter how big or how small.

Anthony is a trusted partner and a force for positive change in the city of Las Vegas.

Anthony, thank you for all your hard work.

And before I give Sarah a chance to say a few words, um, and then we will hear from Anthony.

I want to say when we announced your name, people actually not today, before today, people actually applauded.

So whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

You're welcome.

And now let me Sarah, would you care to say a few words?

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Good morning.

So today we're celebrating someone who has mastered the art of being kind committed and smart, and occasionally a little too smart for the rest of us.

Our employee of the month, Anthony Lambert, demonstrates these values not just in moments, but in ways he shows up every single day.

And let's be honest, if you run Smart Lab long enough, you actually become the Smart Lab.

For anyone who may not be familiar, Smart Lab is our internal process improvement program.

It uses lean and other process improvement methods to help streamline work, reduced waste, and ultimately deliver more value for our customers while making work easier.

As the smart guy behind Smart Lab, Anthony has taken on a role that requires curiosity, patience, and constant drive to make things better.

He approaches every challenge with thoughtfulness, collaboration, and a genuine desire to help others succeed.

His kindness builds trust, his commitment moves work forward, and his intelligence lifts the work around everyone around him.

If you've ever taken Smart Lab training or had Anthony facilitate one of your meetings or departmental strategic planning sessions, then you already know his energy, his curiosity, and the intention he brings to help teams work more effectively.

I'm often stopped in the hallway by people who want to share how much they appreciate his support or how they valuable they found the Smart Lab training experience.

Anthony, it's wonderful to hear how often people praise your work.

You make complex problems feel manageable, and you do it with humility and heart.

And before I hand this mic over to Anthony to say a few words, I want to highlight that the Nevada Taxpayers Association has selected Smart Lab as being a top finalist for the 28th Annual Cashman Good Government Award.

This recognition speaks volumes about the impact of your work, and we are incredibly fortunate to have you on our team.

Congratulations on being named Employee of the Month.

You've earned it.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

The first one is you have to be nominated and selected by your peers.

It's not selected by executives or elected officials, although that that would be an honor.

I I'm just especially proud because I was selected by the people that was selected by the people who I support and the people that I work to enable.

The second reason I'm especially proud is I love being a public servant.

I really believe that the purpose of government is not to be the authority over people.

The purpose is for it to be an extension of the will of the people and for us to serve our community.

I'm so glad I get to, and my job enable the people who work at the city to be better public servants.

So thank you.

I also want to thank my wife Kirsten and my mom who came today.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, congratulations all the time.

We've invited the mom and wife to come on.

But first, I think we'll take one first picture of the invite your wife and your mom.

Okay.

For our next item, councilwoman Cara Kelly is going to recognize the work of one of our great organizations, councilwoman.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Today, today we are proud, and I am particularly proud to recognize the Southern Nevada Senior Law Program, which is such a vital resource for older adults across all of Southern Nevada.

But first, I want to talk a moment about it's it's a executive director, Diane Farron.

I've had the pleasure, and many of you have had the pleasure of knowing Diane for many years.

I think I think we figured it was about 30 years, right, Diane.

She so much embodies the ideals of a leader and really of a servant leader, of someone who she has found, you know, she has had a terrific career in private industry.

She has founded two banks.

Go Diane.

And she's she's given back through her through many opportunities through community service, having leadership roles with communities in Nevada, uh Nathan Allison Hospice Foundation, and luckily, several years ago, the senior law program, which was in part founded by uh our illustrious mayor, her legislation, and um and many of the her good board members and others who are here.

I came to work with her in 2023, and it was all about making sure that we needed to get the word out about this phenomenal program.

We all know about the legal aid center.

Everybody knows about the legal aid center because of Ms.

Buckley's amazing leadership there.

And we know about Nevada Legal Services, and then we have Washo Legal Services and Rural Legal Services, but the one thing that Southern Nevada Legal Services does that no other nonprofit legal service can do in our community is it serves anyone who is 60 years or older and it is not income tested.

And let me explain to you why that matters.

So many of our other legal services are income tested, but for people like retired teachers or retired public employees that are that are on fixed budgets.

Often they they may not have the extra $800 to do a will or a durable power of health care.

Or we they there's also but we serve everybody.

I'm already I've embodied it, yes, I've embodied it.

And so the senior law program has done this under the leadership of Diane Farron, who comes to work having worked with her, I know every day, and it's all about how can we reach more people and how can we reach more seniors and help them with elder abuse, uh, problems, you know, where families as they age, uh evictions, I mean, all sorts of things.

The key to the delivery of this is the willingness of attorneys who practice in the state of Nevada to volunteer their time.

And that is the only way that that can get done, and she has been able to grow her service and and her team, because it is just not Diane, but the team to be able to touch so many more seniors.

There is no way but up for this organization, and one of the most important things I heard from one of its clients was that you were able to lift an unbearable burden.

I mean, that gives me chills.

That's the type of work senior law program does.

Um the senior law program has been around for a very long time.

I used to know the exact year, and it was a part of the city when thank you, 1980 started in 84.

It's done a lot, it's it's it's ebbed and flowed in its iteration, but it is the one place that any senior can go from help.

And and we just have to get the word out because it is kind, compassionate, committed, and smart.

Um it it just and it's all through uh staff, uh attorneys, uh volunteers, and um and they and and they also help those with limited incomes and anybody don't think that anybody who has uh a ton of resources would hire.

They they then send those wonderful people over to other attorneys, but uh I think you just we send all of our constituents to the senior law program for their commitment to justice, equity, and compassion.

So, Diane, if I could have you and your board chair, and then the vice chair who happens to be our own city attorney, where is oh there he is.

And Mary Teresa.

So we therefore we, the mayor, and the members of the Las Vegas City Council proudly proclaim February 18th, 2026 as Southern Nevada Senior Law Senior Law Program Day in the City of Las Vegas.

Diane thank you very much, Councilman Kelly, all of the council people, particularly one of our original founders, Mayor Berkeley, for recognizing the important work of Southern Nevada Senior Law Program, and the fact that we have the support of so many who are here today to help us celebrate also lets me know that our phones, which are 702-229-6596, should be busier in the fact that the senior population in the state of Nevada has grown 42 percent between 2010 and 2020.

In 2025, senior law program served 36% more seniors than we had the year before, and a number of key people are here who have made that possible, and I want to recognize my board chair, Mary Teresa Rivera Rogers, along with my our vice chair uh who is doing double duty.

I don't know if this still counts towards PTO or not, Jeff, but Jeff Dorkak has been an incredible support uh for what we do at Senior Law Program.

We have our supervising attorney Chelsea Croton, who makes the magic and delivers it with such grace, commitment, care, and competence, along with our director of the pro bono program, Bill Voy, who makes sure that as a nonprofit, and I have a background in banking that watches every nickel, to make sure we are maximizing our return on investment, and that's the investment that you all make in us every time you refer somebody for our help, every time you make a donation, every time you volunteer with us, and we are grateful, and we are also motivated to do more because more needs to be done.

And thank you so much, Councilman Kelly, Councilwoman Kelly, for yes.

So this is yours work the support you have given us in every way imaginable that does continue on.

Thank you very much.

Uh you're easy to support.

So why don't you come up here and we're gonna take some pictures?

And then after we take this picture, let's bring everybody up.

Perfect.

Okay.

You're gonna have to move one or two of yours coming over here, I think.

Not you.

I could like them.

I could be taller over here.

We have volunteer lines.

Okay, we got a clean.

You're welcome, thank you.

Thank you.

Lovely.

Okay.

For our final item, I wanted to take a moment to recognize and thank our friends from Meow Wolf.

Please join us at the podium.

Oh, yeah, they come.

Hello.

Hello.

Okay.

Okay.

Five years ago, on February 18th, 2021, Meow Wolf's Omega Mart opened its doors at Area 15, and the Las Vegas' art scene has never quite been the same.

Uh no one really knew what Omega Mark would be, or to be honest, the interactive art exhibition is better experienced than described.

If you have not been there, I would invite you to visit the Omega Mart for a little shopping and maybe a trip to a world that lives just at a site and behind the everyday world we are used to.

Visiting the world's most exceptional grocery store is an experience you will never forget.

It wasn't too long ago that um Olivia Diaz, Councilwoman Diaz, and I went and took a tour.

I had no idea what to expect because I hadn't been there since it first opened.

Oh my gosh.

Really extraordinary and it keeps expanding.

And so I'm just thrilled about it.

I want to thank the entire team at Meow Wolf and thank you for betting on Las Vegas.

We are celebrating your fifth birthday by proclaiming today Meow Wolf Day and also Senior Law Project Day in the city in the city of Las Vegas.

And I can't wait to see what else we can partner on in the next five years.

Oh, you're kissing?

Okay.

And and let me hand you the proclamation and hand the microphone to one of you to um to accept everything.

Okay.

All right.

On behalf of the city council and all of the people that live in Las Vegas, thank you for being a part of our community and such an extraordinary part.

So this is your day and well deserved.

Thank you.

Uh thank you, uh Mayor Berkeley, uh, for this honor.

Um at Omega Mart, we have we have been so honored to be a part of this community.

Um, when we opened during the height of the pandemic, we weren't sure.

Um in a city that is really really known for catering to adults, we weren't sure who was going to come shopping with us.

Um over the last one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five days, we've welcomed millions um into our store, and that has allowed us to give back to this beautiful community that we call home.

Um in a meaningful way.

And that really truly has touched our hearts.

As everyone knows, the fifth anniversary is the butter anniversary.

And we're spreading it on thick.

Yep.

And so in the next thousands of days, we look forward to continuing to be uh part of this vibrant and rich arts and culture community.

Um we're better than ever.

Um thank you again.

Thank you again.

All right, why don't you join us and we'll take a picture?

I want the muffin.

Okay.

I am reconvening the city council meeting.

Agenda item number seven.

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 will 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 and state your name for the record.

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

We will set the amount of time to two minutes.

And this is the source of the invocation.

So I started reading it.

And because it's currently Black History Month, I thought, well, let's see what how this applies.

And I actually found it to be horrific.

And I'm going to read scripture to you so we understand why we are praying to this, because I don't understand it.

From those nations, you may buy slaves.

If the owner knocks out the tooth or of a male or female slave, they can go free to compensate for the truth.

Book of Exodus.

Please read this.

Most people don't read it, I've learned in the book of Peter, slaves.

Obey your masters with respect.

Not only the kind and gentle ones, but also the harsh ones.

That's the book of Peter, like I said.

Last one.

If a man rapes a woman who is a slave, designated for another man, they shall not be put to death since she has not been freed.

He shall bring a ram as a guilt offering to himself for himself to the Lord, and the sin he committed shall be given to him from Leviticus.

My final thoughts are this.

Please read all of it, all of you.

I know people are reading it.

Um it's thank you for listening, and thank you for learning.

Thank you very much.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council at this time?

Good morning, my council.

Good morning.

Peace be within your homes and prosperity in your palaces.

My name is Eric Melchizedek Christ Nimrod.

You can find my twin brother Christ in Revelation 5.5 being called the line of Judah.

Great man.

And I want to now respect the passing of a line for we the people, Jesse Jackson.

The brother stood up under a lot of stress and a lot of um a lot of pushback.

But he pushed back with the rainbow coalition.

And uh he will be remembered because he's a great man and a lion for the people, for we the people.

And not starting to suppress the people, give them the money.

No problem.

Because John 10 10.

My brother, my twin brother Jesus Christ says, the thief.

The devil and his pagan militians come only to kill, steal, and destroy, but I have come that you will have life and life more abundantly.

So hey, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, protect us from the thief.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council?

Please state your name for the record.

Hi, Sandra Kinney, K I N and E.

We actually have a point of clarification.

We are speaking, we want to speak on a specific agenda item.

Do we do that now or on the You may do that now?

Oh.

Or you can wait until the agenda item comes out.

Yeah, we'll we'll do that.

Thank you.

All righty.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council at this time?

Seeing no one, we will move on to agenda item eight.

For possible action, any items from the 9 30 a.m.

session that the council, staff, and or the 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.

Uh mayor pro tem.

Madam Mayor, I have two items 33A through 33B.

25-0096 V A R1 and STR1.

Applicant owner is Searles Osland, LLC on 2.25 acres at the northeast corner of Searles Avenue and 23rd Street.

There's an abeyance request by the applicant until the March 4th, 2026, City Council meeting.

And item 35, 25-0390, STR1.

Applicant is Kate Von Corsit.

Warner is owner's dental training center and digital lab, incorporated on point three acres at Southeast Corner of Gas Avenue and 7th Street.

There's an abeyance request by the applicant until the March 4th, 2026, City Council meeting.

That'll be my motion.

Please vote.

Post.

It's not coming up.

Okay.

Uh motion passes.

Agenda item number nine for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the January 21st, 2026.

Regular city council meeting.

Mayor pro tem.

May I have a motion to approve the minutes?

Move to approve the minutes.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Agenda item number 10.

Items number 10 through 23 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 other items the council wishes to bring forward?

Seeing none, mayor pro tem, may I have a motion for the consent agenda for items 10 through 23?

Move to approve items 10 through 23.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Agenda item number 24.

Boards and commissions.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Michael McGedigan to a ward two seat of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission.

Ward two is entitled to appoint two representatives to the board.

Russell Martin occupied one of the ward two seats, and he has resigned.

Mr.

McGedigan is eligible and wishes to serve.

Is there a motion?

Councilwoman Kelly.

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

I move to appoint Michael McGed again to the ward, the second ward two seat of the parks and recreation advisory committee.

Please vote.

Post.

Continue posting.

Yes.

All right.

Motion passes.

Agenda item 25.

Recommending committee.

Bills eligible for adoption at this meeting.

Bill number 2026-5.

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

Yes, Mayor.

And Mayor Jeff Dorcak City Attorney with your indulgence and MPTs.

I'm going to have our one of our two city attorney office spring externs, David Eichelberger, who's a third-year evening law student with Boyd Law School, read the bills today.

We have four of them, as you know.

Uh David's a dispatcher during the day, so the evening program at Boyd is uh letting him become a lawyer.

And he's interested in land use law, and today was the perfect day with our heavy community development agenda.

So David, go ahead.

Bill number 20 2026-5 and an ordinance pertaining to community redevelopment, adopting a third amended and restated redevelopment plan for the redevelopment area, commonly known as redevelopment area one, to expand the redevelopment area associated with that plan and providing for other related matters.

It's a great dispatch voice, and I move to approve.

Shall we vote on the motion?

Post motion carries.

Bill number 2026-6.

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

Yes, Mayor.

Bill 2026-6.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada authorizing the issuance of its city of Las Vegas, Nevada, general obligation, limited tax, city revenues.

I'm sorry, City Hall Refunding Bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenues.

Series 2026 C for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding bonds, providing the form, terms, and conditions of the bonds, and the security therefore and other details in connection therewith, providing other related or other matters relating thereto and providing the effective date thereof.

Shall we vote on the motion?

I mean I move to approve.

First, we should do that.

Okay.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Bill number 26 2026-7.

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

Yes, Mayor.

Bill number 2026-7.

And an ordinance providing for the issuance by the City of Las Vegas for its general obligation, limited tax, medium term, various purpose bonds, series 2026 D.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Agenda item 28.

Bill number 2026-8.

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

Yes, Mayor.

Bill number 2026-8.

An ordinance providing for the issuance by the City of Las Vegas for its general obligation, limited tax, medium-term maximum medium term building bonds, series 2026 E, taxable, and the maximum aggregate principal amount of 10 million for the purpose of financing the cost of building projects, providing details concerning the bonds, the project and general tax proceeds, and providing other matters relating thereto.

Motion?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you very much for reading the bills.

You're gonna make a very good attorney.

You're very welcome.

Um agenda item 29.

Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting.

Item 29, bill number 2026-4 will be heard at a later meeting.

Agenda item number 30.

Items 30 through 31D are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Department of Community Development.

Mayor Pro 10, may I have a motion to approve this consent agenda?

Move to approve the consent agenda.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

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

Item 32, 25-0471-SUP1.

Applicant Warm Massage LLC owner, Charleston Fest uh Festival Retail LLC on a land use entitlement project request for a proposed massage establishment use with waivers of distance separation requirements from residentially zoned properly uh property and individual care center license for more than 12 children and a school where 400 feet is required at 6340 West Charleston Boulevard Suite 130.

L C One Limited Commercial Zone Ward 1, Mr.

Knutson, the Planning Commission and staff recommend approval.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is there anyone wishing to be heard on item 32?

Seeing no one, mayor pro tem, may I have a motion for the one motion, one vote item 32.

Madam Mayor, I will move to approve item 32.

Please vote.

Post motion carries Agenda Item 33 A and 33B were held in abeyance to the March 4th, 2026 City Council meeting.

We're gonna trail agenda item number 34 until uh the applicant can uh get to city council.

Okay, let me know, okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh agenda item 35.

This item was held in abeyance to the March 4th, 2026, City Council meeting.

Agenda item 36, 25-0473-SUP1, abeyance item, special use permit, applicant Jerry Durrr, owner, JLC nucleus LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for a proposed 2400 square foot alcohol on premise full use with a 3400 square foot outdoor patio area at 926 West Owens Avenue, C One Limited Commercial, Ward 5, Ms.

Applicant Jerry Durr, owner, J uh JLC Nucleus LLC for possible action on a land use and title and project request for a proposed 2400 square foot alcohol on premise full use with a 3400 square foot outdoor patio area at 926 West Owens Avenue, C One Limited Commercial, Ward 5, Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

The Planning Commission and staff recommend approval.

This is a public hearing.

I now declare it open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, I am.

Would you care to tell us about your project?

And I know you spoke a few uh uh a meeting or two ago.

Would you please refresh our memory?

Yeah, the Tensor Class is allowing for all apps to come and enjoy themselves.

And we uh she asked for a uh plan uh special um plan uh uh a plan readout.

So I get I signed her a plan read out without meetings our plans for the vision, and so we got for the safety, but uh safety, security, but alcohol awareness, um all of that.

So she wants us to um the really problem is about liquor on the premises, but uh my concern is across the street, they have alcohol over there.

And my concern is whether she says that it has to be so many feet, but my operation is at 7 o'clock at night, where the daycare would be closed, you know.

And uh I would wonder what's the problem with that.

And can you tell us about your project?

My project is for basically elder people, you know, from 35 and older, you know, where they come have banquets, family unions, all that kind of stuff like that, you know, so they can enjoy themselves.

We have no loud music, no rap music, none of that.

Uh basically, but you know, people they don't enjoy themselves for entertainment for the churches, because we have nowhere to go.

So we want something that we can go and use for our you know, I our area, our ward.

So we need that's why I made up a plan so we can have some for the seniors, not the seniors, but people can have family unions, banquets, picnics, whatever, to enjoy themselves.

So thank you so much.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh Mayor, during the entitlement process for this uh applicant, a state licensed child care facility was identified at 931 West Owens.

That use was established in July of 25, subsequent to the approval and establishment of full alcohol use located within the Edmond Town Center in 2023.

As such, the proposed use here requires a waiver of the minimum special use permit requirement to allow 100 foot separation from a protected use where 400 feet is required.

The proposed alcohol use and existing protected uses are separated by Owens Avenue, which is a 100 uh foot right-of-way.

Staff has no objections and recommends approval.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Uh uh there are there any conditions that have been imposed that the applicant has to agree to uh mayor, the applicant has discussed the possibility of some conditions, but there are none at this time, but we'll be ready to draft any if they come up during the conversation.

I thank you so much.

Are there any questions or comments from the council?

Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um Mr.

Ford, can you tell me what conditions have been uh suggested by the applicant?

Yes, Mayor, through you.

So uh he mentioned an age restriction.

Uh I know that came up last time.

Uh I heard that in the conversation.

What is the ?

Okay.

Um Mr.

Dorcak, is that even allowed under the law to have an age restriction?

Uh for the with respect to the land use, Seth, was that what the theory is?

Yeah, I believe last time, I forget what the age was last time, but this time he mentioned that it was for 35 and up.

And I don't know that that's going to be a condition.

I just heard that as a possible uh condition.

We it would probably be easier we can put that on the business license, which would be administratively a part of this package, um, so we can get it up.

We can get it in there.

Yep.

Okay.

And may uh may I interrupt for a moment, Miss Summers Armstrong?

Okay.

Um what are your hours?

Uh how is it from seven in the afternoon to 12 midnight?

7 to midnight.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

Mr.

Dorkak, can that also be a uh condition hours of operation?

Yes, we've done hours before.

Uh Mr.

Durr, if you are amenable, I would uh I would like to place a condition on hours from 7 p.m.

to midnight.

Um I would also like to have a one-year review of your business and our staff would have to keep track of any um calls for service uh at your place of it.

Do you own the entire mall or this is just the business?

Just the business.

Just the business.

So you don't and you don't own the entire mall.

No.

Okay.

Um with those uh uh conditions.

Um I'll move for approval.

And mayor, if you want me to read those conditions then and then you can vote.

So we all are on the same page.

So the first can add a condition would read the hours uh of operation shall be limited to 7 p.m.

to midnight daily, and that second condition would read uh a one-year administrative review shall be conducted from the date of the business license issuance.

Thank you.

Do you agree to the two conditions?

Yes, I do.

All right, she said no, it's gonna be uh the business license will do the age.

We want that on the record, though.

Yeah, we'll want that on the record because this is gonna be administratively handled by the department.

So let's do all the conditions.

So then the third the third condition, which would be uh a business license condition would be that the uh age of patrons would be restricted to 35 and over, and we'll add that on the business license.

Does the applicant agree to that for the condition?

Yes, I do.

Thank you so much.

Um, please.

I just wanted to ask a clarifying question.

If the business owner sells the business to those conditions, uh are they attached to the next business owner?

Uh Madam Mayor, through you.

So as long as the business doesn't close for long enough to expunge the use, yes, so the use could continue with a new owner with those conditions.

All right.

Is there a motion?

Oh, I think did you make your motion, Miss Summers Armstrong?

Yes, ma'am, I did.

And I care to repeat it.

Uh yes.

Uh so I move uh for approval with the conditions, which would be age restriction, uh, hours of operation, and with a one-year administrative review.

I thank you so much.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Being uh over 35, I'm gonna have to come uh to your establishment one of these days.

Well, you're more than welcome.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

We're gonna go back to agenda item 34.

The applicant is now here.

25-0483-VAR one abeyance item appeal item variance.

Applicant owner Guadalupe Genevieve Viva.

No, thank you very much.

Ramirez for possible action on an appeal of the denial by the planning commission on a land use entitlement project request to allow an existing residential accessory structure, a carport that does not conform to Title 19 uh.06 development standards for placement.

Separation and aesthetic compatibility on 0.15 acres at 86 Page Street, our one single family residential zone, ward three Miss Diaz, the planning commission and staff have recommended denial.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, ma'am.

Do you care to tell us about this project?

Yes, good morning.

Edgar Montavo representing the uh the client.

3606 Calli Cobruk Court, Las Vegas, Nevada, A9147.

Yeah, it's my house.

And uh we're here to present this project.

We we have a denial on the previous uh on the previous very end supplication because uh I want to tell you a little bit about this project.

She uh unfortunately we do a lot of these projects.

This is gonna be like a pro bono project, and we're application that we're doing for her, because there is some uh general contractors and contractors lately and nowadays, and they do business without actually advising correctly properly the clients.

That was a case with uh Mrs.

Uh Wadalupe over here.

What happened is and she wants to do this carport.

She hired uh whatever she called a contractor.

She said the contractor said everything is gonna be fine.

She will not require any building permit because she's not installing any power on it, which we know that is not right.

But uh there is unfortunately there is a lot of bin on the industry as an architectural firm.

We can tell you then there is a lot of general contractors right now that they're doing that just to get some work.

Unfortunately, she got into it, she got alone to get this done, and she's working over time, and she's having a hard time on uh on on doing this, doing this effort just as a shape, and it she got denied.

So she approached to us last meeting that we had the last presentation that we have here on the chambers, and she asked us to help her on on doing this project.

Yeah, we think it's very valuable to help her as a community member and uh trying to help her to improve.

Of course, this is this is our city.

I've been living here in Las Vegas for 20 years.

Uh I have three kids and were born and raised here in Las Vegas, and we love this place.

We love that our city, and that's what we're trying to do with this on every single time.

So we asked her, and we need to improve a little bit uh the the uh the look of what the structure is so she can bring a little bit more to the community by just doing her carport.

So what we're doing here is what you can see on the screen.

We are just covering with a stucco, wrapping all the columns, wrapping all the uh the beams that we have, putting a cap on the top, so we look more like a residential structure, not only just a structure, and she can just draw there and everybody will do it.

So that will improve a little bit uh well, quite a lot what it looks right now, the the the um the structure.

We've been doing this with several of the uh SWIFT program um projects that we have.

We are also vendors for them.

We're doing this and we recommend it always to doing that because it's a simple fixed.

Is of course they need to do more uh spend a little bit more money, but that that's what is gonna be, that's what it is gonna look finally when we uh obtain uh hopefully your approval here.

So that's what it is.

And I don't know if um you want to speak a little bit more about this.

Okay, um, good morning, everybody.

Thank you for this time for this opportunity.

And yes, like uh Mr.

Edgar say Guadalupe.

If you can give us your name, please for the record.

Yes, my name is Guadalupe.

I am the owner of this property that we're talking about.

First name and last name.

Guadalupe Ramirez, and yeah, the middle name.

Okay, we're not gonna get into that.

Thank you.

So, yes, um, well, first of all, I uh this is my first house, and that's a huge achievement.

I was able to do this.

And um uh this about the carport, yes.

Uh it was miss, I was uh misinformed that I didn't have, I didn't require um a permit because it didn't have it, it was not going to have like uh electricity involved, or it was not going to be um attached to the house and and kind of like uh damage the structure of the house.

And so I went ahead with the project, and yes, I did work over time and my family, you know, uh helping me, supporting me.

So it's just working, uh going from you know, the house to work, work to the house.

That's all I did because I really wanted to do this project.

I have my children, my grandchildren uh come maybe twice a month to uh visit, and I want them to enjoy the house, you know.

So they live in apartments, and my house has a backyard, has a front yard, so I want them to enjoy as much as possible.

That's why we did this also because the high temperature here in summertime is extremely um, you know, like uh expensive to deal with.

And so that the shade that we're getting from this carport is extremely helping me a lot to pay my bill, you know, my energy bill, and also for the kids to be there, and also protecting our cars uh from the damage the you know the um sand causes.

So, but yeah, unfortunately, um they say somebody called and asked if we had I had the permit, which um I don't consider that as a uh complaint, more like uh just a question, because it in some way it's not damaging uh none of the other properties is not attached to the to the walls uh with my neighbors uh when it rains because we've been having some rain here, the even the water comes inside my property, not outside.

So I thought about that, not you know, making uh trouble for nobody.

But if I have to make changes, I will ask you to let me know what I need to do and just let me keep it because you know it's something I want for my house, and I'm thinking this is gonna bring also the other neighbors to maybe think about it and do the right thing, because I see a lot of my neighbors they already have the same structure, and they've been having it for years because I've been living there for four years, they had it.

So when they told me, oh no, you don't need a permit, I thought it was the right thing, you know.

I didn't, and that's why I did it.

But if um I'm trying to do the right thing now, and hopefully you guys will just let me have it.

Thank you so much.

May I have a staff report, please?

Yes, thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Mayor, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance has been presented, and that the applicant has created a self-imposed hardship by constructing a carport without permits that don't comply with current Title 19 setbacks and separation requirements, as well as proposing to construct a patio cover that does not meet Title 19 setback requirements.

Therefore, staff recommends denial of the variants.

I would add, however, that like the applicant reported, there was a revised justification letter on February 6th that does describe the design modifications that they showed today.

And we have a condition of approval approval that's been concluded that included, excuse me, uh, that will uh confirm that the there will be aesthetic compatibility with the carport and the primary dwelling.

Okay, is there anyone uh in the from the public that wishes to be heard on this item?

If not, I will close the public hearing.

Um is uh are there any uh conditions that she needs to agree to?

Uh Madam Mayor, the only condition would be the one uh that requires conformance to the plans that they showed today so that we can evaluate it against those plans.

Okay, and you will agree to that condition.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Any questions or comments from council members.

Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I want to say thank you to Mr.

Montalvo and Ms.

Ramidas for coming to my office and explaining the situation.

I know my planning commissioner is very consistent on carports, and he just is adverse to them.

Um, but I have lived in our area for all of my life, and I know that the temperatures are not decreasing.

If anything, they are increasing, and we have a longer summer most years, and so I am empathetic.

I'm empathetic that we want to keep our cars cooler when we jump in them.

We don't want them to be 140 or 50 to 150 degrees.

And um, I appreciate the fact that you understood that just um the metal like structure that was placed is not okay because it doesn't aesthetically add to the beauty of the neighborhood.

I appreciate the the changes.

I think that um this is much in line with one that Trinity actually got behind for the very first time.

And so um I wanna be consistent, and I I feel that a carport for shade and some homes, like some.

I remember my parents' homes, the garage got made into a uh room.

And so you don't have a garage space to shelter your vehicle and keep it in the shade, and sometimes the carport is gonna serve that purpose.

So I I like everything you're I'm seeing, and I appreciate the time, and I appreciate Mr.

Montalvo for helping Ms.

Ramirez, and I do want to figure out how we ensure that all of our neighbors know to come to us before they go with the expense of their structure, because sometimes it's not certain whether what they built is sound, and sometimes you're out that money that you already invested because you're gonna have to demolish it and do it anew.

So I I have to we have to figure out as as a city how we do better and it letting all of our neighbors know that they need to come and seek our input and our advice before they actually set those structures up.

But I appreciate this.

And with that, with the conditions stated by Mr.

Floyd that needs to uh accompany my motion.

I'll move to approve agenda item 34 with the condition that Mr.

Floyd will now read into the record.

It's actually I can read it in, it's actually already in your backup as condition number three.

And it so we are good.

Unless I can read it in if you'd like, but it's already in the with the condition number three as uh written in our backup material.

And that's my motion, Madam Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Shall we vote?

Please post motion carries.

Congratulations.

And I hope that you get a lot of good use from your car for thank you so much.

Thank you.

Agenda item 37.

25-0377 on the following land use and title and project requests on 4.77 acres located on the north side of Hammer Lane, approximately 360 feet east of uh Shamber Road, uh 37A 25-0377-GPA one from PCD, Planned Community Development, and NMXU, neighborhood mixed use center, to SC service commercial 37B, 25-037-CON1 from U undeveloped PCD, Planned Community Development, General Plan Designation to C1, limited commercial.

37 C, 25-0377-VAR1 to allow 18 parking spaces where 19 are required.

Um 37 D, 25-0377-SUP1 for a major amendment to an approved special use permit, SUP-78539 for the proposed expansion of an existing mini storage facility use 37E, 25-0377-VAC1 petition to vacate U.S.

37D 25-0377-SUP1 for a major amendment to an approved special use permit SUP-78539 for the proposed expansion of an existing mini storage facility use 37E 25-0377-VAC1 petition to vacate U.S.

government patent easement and a portion of the public right of way, Hammer Lane 37 S 25-0377-SDR1 for a major amendment to an approved site development plan review.

These are in ward five, uh pardon me, ward four, Ms.

Alan Polenski and our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

I am.

J Jeff Thompson.

Thank you.

Would you care to tell us about your project?

Yes, Jeff Thompson with 10Gering 6030, uh South Jones Boulevard A9118.

On behalf of the client, um we are just putting an expansion piece to an existing mini storage unit.

As you can see from the picture here, there's a kind of the odd-shaped one-acre piece that we are going to put one building with garages, and then the rest will be just RV and parking under under cover parking stalls.

So nothing too special or fancy, but we we agree with stack staff's recommendations and are here to answer any questions if anyone has any.

Thank you so much.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, Madam Mayor.

Peter Lone Stein for the record.

The applicant proposes expanding the existing mini storage facility onto the adjacent undeveloped parcel as he stated.

Staff finds the request of general plan amendment and rezoning appropriate and compatible with the existing development and surrounding land uses.

Staff also supports the special use permit for the mini storage and the associated petition to vacate patent easements at the site due to the site's irregular shape and narrow eastern side requiring parking and landscape buffers cannot be fully accommodated.

Therefore, staff can support the variants allowing 18 spaces where 19 is required and landscape waivers.

Therefore, staff is recommending approval of all applications subject to conditions.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone else 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?

Miss Alan Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um Jeff, thanks for coming to the office and talking about the project multiple times.

And uh like I mentioned to you earlier, I have a great comfort level.

But will you, for my indulgence, say for the record that uh this extended building will not have any freeway signage on it?

No extra signage will be put on this property.

Thank you, Mr.

Thompson.

Uh with that said, for the record, I feel very comfortable and very proud that your business is thriving and you're expanding in Ward 4.

Uh move to approve item number 37A through F.

All right.

Uh shall we vote on the motion?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Agenda item 38.

25-0459 on the following land use entitlement project requests on 0.19 acres at 5617 Grand Guinness Court, R1 single family residential zone.

38A, 25-0459-VAR1 to allow two parking spaces where four are required.

38B, 25-0459-SUP1 for a proposed individual care group home use.

The applicant owner is Care Access Nevada 1 LLC.

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

Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project.

Note the ward was the ward was amended at Planning Commission from Ward 1, Mr.

Knutson to Ward 6, Miss Bruni.

These are public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Would you please come forward and state your name for the record and tell us about your project?

Hi, my name is Shannon Delatory, and I live at 5617 Grand Guinness Court.

I run group home for child care.

My name is it's Minion Ranch Childcare.

I'm here today to respectfully ask for approval for the special use permit and the parking variants so I can continue taking care of the children that are in my care.

Um and I have been taking care since they were babies.

And thank you so much.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, madam mayor.

Um, due to the subject site's inability to meet minimum parking requirements, staff is unable to support the request of variance and special use permit, therefore is recommended in IL.

And just so some background, at the planning commission meeting, there were additional conditions added.

Uh they were outdoor recreation shall be limited to 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

Uh staff for the group home shall only park off-site with an available street parking and leave any on-site parking available for children.

Uh child pickup and drop-off, as well as all child drop-offs shall occur on the site within the provided driveway parking spaces, and lastly, the use shall be limited to the day or overnight care of children only.

The individual individuals being cared for shall be no older than 17 years old.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

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

Uh please come forward and state your name.

Good morning.

My name's Kyle McGuire.

How's everybody doing out there?

Good, thank you.

I live at 5612 Grand Guinness Court.

Um, it's nice to see all of your faces out here, but reality is um it's real difficult for people to actually get here because the way things are broken down.

I do appreciate that they put um site conditions on it, uh restricting parking, especially.

Um I live directly, well, I say across and down one.

One of the things that they did was they sent out traffic um enforcement, and of course, as I'm a general contractor, by the way, and in fact, I built that house where they live uh when I was a superintendent working for the builder.

In fact, uh just recently or when uh Nancy was running for office, she actually came to my doorstep, okay.

And uh I did vote for her, by the way.

Um but but nevertheless, I didn't see her at the door.

I I actually don't I try not to answer my door, I'm just that kind of person.

But anyway, with all of that being said, um I limited everything to what happened after the zoning meeting, which they ran all the way out to the very end, waited out lasted us because we all have things to do, and then went ahead and pushed it through.

And what happens is I've been out there regularly, and it's not like I make special efforts, but as recently as this morning, they're totally in violation of the parking situation.

I have situations where they've blocked it, where they've they've put things out there, they put road cones on the street damn near every day.

Um, and like I said, it's become a frustration.

School buses double park, stuff like that.

She puts her car right in the front, puts cones behind it, as if somehow to resolve a problem that she's just creating because if she actually parked where her staff is supposed to park during the day, then school buses could pull right up to it to the house, pick up the kids because after all, they they accept disabled children, which is noble and fine, but there's a place for it, and it's called a commercial building, okay?

Not in a residential zone.

As a result of that, I have to wait.

Now, like I said, I run a business out of my house.

I'm correctly zoned for it.

Recently, I had to get rid of a truck that was on my driveway as a result of code enforcement coming out and deciding I can't do it based on their traffic situation.

So I put basically a $20,000 truck.

I said goodbye to and let it go.

I had a tractor there that I'm now paying for storage on across town, and also storage for materials that I kept in the truck on the driveway that I would go into regularly to get stuff in and out of.

I'm totally affected by it.

It's not in a good way.

And like I say, there are solutions, but if they were such great neighbors with all the crap they spewed at the last meeting of, oh my gosh, and the babies are gonna be die if this doesn't happen.

Reality is anyone who started a business knows their zoning, there's laws, there's licensing.

I'm fully licensed with the state.

I have a multi-jurisdictional license and a general contractor's license, okay.

I spend thousands, close to 40,000 dollars a year just to keep my license is good and my my uh you know, keep everything above board.

And reality is um, hell, I just spent 4200 on permits to the city for another problem that I didn't create from a building from you know before, and like I said, this is all so you're opposed to this?

Totally opposed to totally opposed to it.

And only because oh, and basically, under the the uh things of traffic, everybody needs to make a living.

Everybody has reality, reality is hell.

My wife is disabled.

One of my neighbors who couldn't make it today, his wife was disabled.

Um, other people who are here who don't have to have to be at somewhere the specific time are here.

But this is for real.

I have pictures here, probably 30 of them, showing many of them are laughable.

Where you have, in fact, just as recently as today when she was getting ready to go, she pulls her car into the driveway at an angle that would have struck anybody from getting in there.

I don't know what she had to bring other than her son.

But regardless, that shouldn't be.

I thank you so much.

I appreciate you coming in.

Thank you.

If it's appropriate, mayor.

Um, could you share the pictures that if you have any from the planning commission until today, please?

Um, overhead, there's a square, a rectangle, place your phone there.

Right here.

They'll zoom into it if you have any for the last couple of days.

We'll start from the most most recent, and it isn't like I just go out there.

There's two cones that are sitting out there right now, which have been out there for days.

There's her vehicle crossed across the designated parking.

This right here is how it's generally left when they're not around.

This is on a given day where she pulls up there so that her car is in front of her house, I guess, so it can be seen from her cameras.

Um, this is from Jones.

What I don't like about this is there's a sign out there.

Could you move your head so we could see that there you go?

Sorry.

That says welcome.

Um, you can be seen from Jones.

If I had a sign that could be seen from Jones, I would not be able to do business from my house.

Okay.

Here is the situation.

Um, this is just me coming back into the project.

There I am behind road cones.

Here we are with a school bus double parked.

Now, the other day, and I didn't get it because I wasn't quick enough.

They had somebody who missed the bus.

The bus went down, made a three-point turn in the cul-de-sac, came back.

Uh, the lady who owns the place comes running out.

Some child went across the street by himself to get on the bus.

Uh, here's uh once again another bus picture.

This one right here, show is showing somebody who's taken up both spots on the driveway.

Somebody else came over, and rather than even pull in front of it, they just double parked and let somebody out.

Um, and in fact, that somebody is, I believe, walking up the driveway right there.

Okay.

Um there, that was the same.

This is trash day.

See where they put their trash cans.

Everybody else puts them over there.

They put it in front of their parking, and so nobody could use it.

And like I say, this is just since that's the box truck I had to let go and say goodbye to.

It probably shouldn't have been there.

Um, like I say, I ended up, you know, talking to code enforcement about it.

It was just easier for me to not fight it because this is the real fight.

Thank you so much.

We have many other people that wish to speak.

Sounds wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please state your name for the record.

Hey, good morning, David Lee, 5608 Grand Guinness Corps.

Thank you for hearing me.

So I don't have any problem with these people personally, but I've lived in my home for 16 years.

I'm an original resident there, okay.

Lived in Las Vegas since 1967, so a long time, right?

Um, I'm retired from Clark County School District.

And um, I know one of the issues was the school buses, and the thing I thought I had pointed out to them last time was they need to notify transportation for CCSD, and they have a special department called transportation investigators.

They have to go out to the scene, look at it, make sure it's safe and secure for the students.

It's a liability issue, right?

I don't think anybody ever did that because there's they were supposed to go down K-Mus Canyon, which is the side street there, okay.

If you notice on the map there, Camus Canyon, and then do the pickup.

But CCSD won't change the route unless someone goes notifies them and they go out ahead of time and make sure it's a secure site for their students.

Okay, it's just kind of a common sense issue, right?

I'm against it because as long as I've lived there, I raise my family there, and my and I'm a homeowner.

I own my home outright, okay.

Uh it's been a very nice, quiet, peaceful neighborhood.

It's a cul-de-sac.

Obviously, we don't get too much traffic down there because most people coming down there, residents that live there are people coming to visit.

Now, since these people occupied the house a couple of years ago, they've had a daycare in there since day one.

No one ever notified me or asked me about it.

It's just traffic consistently coming through there.

And I think they're trying to make some changes.

I give them some credit with that.

I think they've cleared the driveway for the most part.

That's why they have those cones out there.

They're parking along on the side street, Camus Canyon, with a school bus issue.

They need to notify transportation directly because they won't, sadly, they won't listen to what you guys have to say.

CCSD does their own thing.

So that someone needs to notify them directly their transportation department.

So anyway, I'm against it.

I appreciate everybody coming here and thank you for your time.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Is there anyone else that wishes to speak?

Oh, yes, I will get to you.

Would you state your name for the record?

Uh yeah, my name's Linda Johannes, and I live at 5612 Grand Guinness Court.

Um I'm one of the original owners, not one of I am Kyle and I are.

We we've been in the house for 30 years.

And it is a quiet street.

There's there's 10 houses, including theirs, on this little call to SAC.

Now, in order to get to our homes, we have to come off of Jones or Sligo on to K on to K-Mas Canyon.

And they're lining cars up on that on KMU's Canyon, and where they're workers and things.

I have no problems with it's all the traffic is is what I have have a problem with.

And the people coming into the area that all of a sudden there's just cars continuously, day, night, whenever, you know.

Um you go around the corner, there's kids sitting on top of a plastic play roof thing.

You know, I mean, it's it's you know it's it's just not right.

You know, we know the people that sold the house.

And I know that they had um five offers at the time that it was purchased, and they were just gonna take, they were all good offers.

They were just gonna take whichever one.

And um, so the day that it sold, they they started remodeling immediately.

As soon as the remodeling was done, the st the cars started coming, you know, the the kids started being dropped off.

And I think I think that's probably all I have to say is I'm totally totally against it.

I believe that they should have gotten their licensing and everything under control in the right area.

And this does this isn't it.

Thank you so much.

Yes, please come.

State your name for the record.

Sure, hi there.

My name is Sandra Kinney, K-I-N-N-E.

I live at 724 Anna Capri Street, 89138.

I live in Summerlin, I'm a school leader near the Springs Preserve, and drive an extra 45 minutes each day to Minion Ranch and Centennial Hills.

You go a little slower, so we can stand you.

Sorry, don't be nervous.

I live in Summerlin, I'm a school leader near the Springs Preserve, and drive an extra 45 minutes each day to Minion Ranch and Centennial Hills because of the community care and small student size at Shannon's in-home daycare.

I have two children aged three and four who attend the daycare on Grand Guinness with Shannon, who I first met through friends in the foster care community.

Shannon is also a former foster parent and understands the unique needs of children who have been in care.

She provides a safe space for all children, including those who are neurodivergent.

She has fewer than 10 students at any time, mostly under five.

She provides structure, playtime, and even pre-K instruction.

Minion Ranch is exactly the type of daycare every child should have.

Further, because of the because of the needs of her son Brendan and his in-home care, my two younger children have developed more empathy and compassion for others than they would in a traditional daycare.

My youngest talks about Brendan all the time and takes care of her baby dolls just as she sees San and Shannon and Brendan's nurses care for him.

In Las Vegas, this community and safe space is critical and needed.

Recent news articles and studies have reported the following.

Nevada ranks fourth for least affordable daycare.

The Children's Advocacy Alliance calls Nevada a daycare desert.

In 2024, the Lindsay Institute at UNLV released a policy brief that found that the Las Vegas metropolitan region is short more than 46,000 direct care workers, including daycare workers.

This same report found that the cost of child care as a percentage of income and is already higher in Las Vegas than anywhere else in the country, nearly 20%.

There is a need in this region for daycare facilities and an in-home daycare is farmer nurturing for children.

Minion Ranch is a fully licensed daycare.

Shannon and her team have met all of the requirements to operate in in-home daycare.

She's also licensed through the state's subsidy program, previously known as Urban League.

Her daycare allows for those of us who have fostered and adopted to have our children in a small in-home daycare with other children who have experienced trauma and who are supported.

Given the prior statements, I'll say that this is very much a NIMBY issue.

Literally, it's a not in my backyard issue.

Or in this case, my call-de-sac.

The neighbors are literally complaining about joyful playtime in the backyard.

One of the neighbors takes constantly takes pictures of my children because they are playing during allotted hours.

The neighbors complained about traffic, code enforcement came out, and they told on themselves.

They cited them neighbors that complained for their own violations, including a tractor in the front yard.

That has nothing to do with a parking request.

This park invariance would not drastically impact the parking situation on Grand Guinness.

It would simply formalize parking and designate spots specifically for special use and with supported daycare, a much needed resource in this Las Vegas community.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Please state your name for the record.

Hi, I'm Alison O'Connor Lambert.

I'm glad that today was I could do both.

Watch my son get an award and help my daycare.

Kyle discriminating against my special needs son when he said in this meeting just now that special needs children belong in a commercial building was horrible.

Excuse me, sir.

Please don't interrupt.

No one interrupted you.

I've been a foster parent for 14 years now.

I've brought many children home, many children that don't aren't able to go into traditional foster care daycare because of the trauma and the things that they have seen.

Shannon helps our kids and she takes care of our children.

Having a clean, safe, and trusting child care for my son is important as a single full-time working mom.

I know Shannon through foster care community.

She has taken care of my three and a half year old son for two and a half years now.

Shannon and Andy take care of my son as if he was their own.

Um and he loves being at their house.

She is not just a childcare.

She is a mothering figure to my son and other children.

He is safe, thriving, and better than he could be anywhere else.

Having Brendan at home with Shannon and his family is best for him and his health care.

Shannon does not just run a business, she opens her home, her heart to our kids and our family.

Shannon is a hardworking mother, works just as hard as all of us.

However, she works within her home.

We get to go outside, and you know what?

I bet you anything I get more breaks in my school district job than Shannon does at hers.

Daily she works to watch our child, raise her own young daughter, and takes care of her son, who has very special medical needs.

Just as any of our the neighbors in that neighborhood, I'm sure that they would not want to put their loved one in a care facility.

They would take care of them at home.

We should be applauding her for her hard work, her integrity, and her dedication to family and to the child to the children she has in her home, not dragging her through this stress.

Neighbors should be looking out for each other and not destroying families.

Thank you so much.

Would you please state your name for the record?

My name is Christine Joseph.

And good morning, mayor and council members.

My name is Christine Joseph, and I am the parent of a child who attends the licensed home daycare at Minion Ranch.

I am here today to respectfully ask that you allow this legally operating business to remain open.

This daycare is not just a convenience for my family.

It is an essential part of our daily lives.

As working parents, reliable childcare is what allows us to maintain employment, support our households, and contribute to the local economy.

Without it, we would be uh we would face significant hardship.

This business is fully licensed and complies with state regulations.

It has met safety standards, inspections, and training requirements.

It operates within the law, closing uh it operates within the law, closing a compliant, legally operating small business.

Uh, sends a concerning message to families who depend on regulated child care providers.

Beyond legality, I want to speak about impact.

My child has built relationships here.

They feel safe, they are learning, they are thriving in a stable, nurturing environment.

Disrupting that stability affects children in very real emotional and developmental ways.

Child care is not interchangeable, it is relational and deeply personal.

Home care daycares also serve as an important role in our community.

They provide smaller group settings, individualized care, and flexible options that many working families rely on.

In that time when child care shortages are already a challenge, reducing available license providers only makes it harder for families like mine.

I respectfully ask that you consider the board uh the broader impact on uh working families and on the children whose routines and sense of security would be disrupted.

This daycare is operating legally and responsibly.

It deserves the opportunity to continue serving our community.

Thank you for your time and considering the families who depend on this small but vital business.

Thank you so much.

Thanks, Susan.

Morning, y'all.

Good morning.

Before you um introduce yourself, um uh mayor pro Tim would like to say something.

Okay.

I just want to point out we have two people who submitted cards.

I just want to make sure they have a chance at Shada McGaffey and Brenda Osborne.

I'm Brenda.

Okay.

That's Osborne OSB, O R N E, kind of like Ozzy.

I am one of the staff that someone had mentioned earlier.

One thing that I'd like to touch on is somebody said Shannon's vehicle, Shannon's car.

It's not Shannon's car, it's this young man's car.

Right here.

This is Brendan.

This is Shannon's son.

The only staff that comes and goes comes for this guy.

Because that daycare is run by Shannon and his sister.

So no other cars are coming and going.

The children are dropped off in the morning.

I am there 12 hours a day.

They are dropped off in the morning, they are picked up at night.

The driveway is clean and clear, except for when we have to back in at an angle, is because his ramp shoots out the back end.

Um, so that I wanted to kind of touch on first.

Someone had mentioned about parking on the side street there.

We, as the nurses that are with him 24-7, because this kid needs eyes on him 24 7.

Do park on a side street.

We do not park on Grand Guinness, we do not park in the cul-de-sac, we do not park in the driveway.

We park down the street.

Um this young man has been put into a predicament due to no fault of his own.

And it has was stated in a previous meeting about there's nurses coming and going 24-7.

This is why this guy right here.

Um the thing about Shannon's daycare is she deals with children who also have been put into a precarious position due to no fault of their own.

The the practicum that they follow, the educational program that they follow is very structured.

It's every month it's it's rotating.

Right now, I'm a big science geek.

So right now we're studying science, and to watch these kids learn the things that they're learning at such a young age is amazing.

So for them to lose that, and for this community to lose that would be a travesty.

I have spent my entire nursing career doing community health.

I have worked with neurosciences, psych patients, I've been in corrections, drug and alcohol treatment, and now I get the pleasure of working with this kid in this house, and I tell this kid every day he saved me.

And that's what she does.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone else that wishes to address the council?

Seeing no one.

I'm sorry, the summer's armstrong.

Um, thank you very much, um, Mayor.

So I'm I think I understand, but I would use some help from staff.

This is a facility licensed by the state, but they're coming to us for a land use issue.

Is that correct?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Yes.

So uh the particular use, the group home has a requirement for the additional staff that increases the parking requirement.

Uh the property doesn't meet that, uh, and therefore the use permit um is also required in this particular zoning district for for the group home.

Thank you.

Just one other uh point of clarification because I think we're sit we're we are seeing this more and more.

And I think this is an issue that really needs to be addressed, and that is that licensure from the state is happening before special use permits for land use are being issued.

Is that what happened here?

I'll also check on the date of the uh the licensure, but that is part of a larger concern that we're looking at currently for group homes, community residences, as well as other similar uses that are licensed by the state, uh so have that coordination so that uh one is not before the other.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Uh uh Ms.

Rooney.

Than thank you, Mayor.

So I I do have a question because my understanding is that if this were to be denied today, or if we were to vote not to approve it, we're not closing the child care facility before us.

If we were to approve it, would just allow the current home-based care center to now accept up to 12 kids.

Is my understanding correctly um so I'm gonna unpack that a little bit through you, Madam Mayor.

So the state licensor should require local jurisdiction um approval prior to the state issuing the license.

Now for the number of children, you can it's a permitted use up to six.

The additional number of children would for the group home going up to 12 would require the use permit.

So if the application was denied, there would be limited to the number of children to six per the zoning ordinance, um, and then the state licensure would have to reflect that as well.

Correct.

So I just I want to be clear that if we if this does not pass today, the child care center will remain can remain open.

We're not closing a child care center before us today is the decision whether we should approve this, which would then allow the child care center to care for up to 12 kids, because then it would be granted the group home designation, correct?

We'd be limiting the number of children at the location to up to 12.

Up to 12 with the approval of the use permit, correct.

Correct.

And based on the planning, I just want to also.

So my next question has is for you, Shannon.

You at the planning commission you stated currently you're caring for six, but then you said you have eight because two are at school.

So can you clarify how many kids currently are on the roster?

So I I have eight kids on the roster.

Um one is a part-time child, she comes Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then the other one is in preschool.

Um she goes to child find.

Uh, I do have an older child that comes before and after school.

He is my best friend's grandson, so he would be coming no matter what, he is one of the ones that kid that takes the bus.

So he's not technically part of the child care.

Um, I don't get paid for him, he just comes because I'm helping out my friend.

Okay.

So you're in your everything's kosher with the state and our current zoning for your property.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

Um I completely agree that we need child care.

Uh I've actually advocated for the expansion of home-based child care.

So I I thank you for what you're doing in the community, and there is a real need.

And again, just to be clear, if we if this does not pass today, your child care center will remain open, can remain open, and we're not taking child care or access to child care away from everyone.

In addition to since the planning commission, I have heard that some of the planning issue or the traffic issues have gotten better, so thank you for that.

I know our own team member has gone out a couple of times at different points of the day to kind of check on the the parking.

So thank you for all of your efforts to help.

My concern is that I have received videos from some of the neighbors and had conversations with them.

And to um Kyle's point, I the videos show some very unprofessional interactions with you between your staff and the neighbors.

And so I am concerned that um quite frankly, we just haven't been good neighbors up to this point.

And so my concern is with the traffic and the fact that um you're there and you know you haven't been a great neighbor, some of the staff.

I'm concerned about approving this and allowing you to then almost double the number of kids that you have in the care and adding to the traffic.

And so I am going to make a motion to deny the request to turn this into a group home where you can increase the care, but again, you can continue caring for the six kids that you have.

If this does not pass, you can come back for an um with another application in a year.

And you know, if that happens, I would strongly encourage you and all of your team members to work on being part of the community and being a good neighbor.

The the parking is a great first step, but just having interactions with the other neighbors, you know, that are professional and courteous, I think can go a long way.

So I look forward to it.

Can I actually address that?

Because I know who you're talking about.

Um and I know which person that was working for me that day.

I I understand, and she was completely unprofessional.

Um and she no longer cares for any of the children.

Um she was she's actually my nephew's mom, and um, yeah, she it was young and reacted inappropriately.

Um however, the person that was videotaping was not saying nice things before she started videotaping.

And she says not nice things all the time, and she goes out there pounds pans and mocks the children and she's thrown away stuff that's actually accidentally gone over the fence.

Um she's yeah, um and she actually scares my 12-year-old child, um, who is the one that sits on the top of the the thing, and that's a whole different issue.

But um yeah, my 12-year-old is scared to go in the backyard by herself because of her, and she she won't go out after five because now she thinks that she's not allowed to play in her own backyard, and that this is her house too.

Um so I I totally understand, and we did after that whole incident.

Um I had the me and my daughters made goodie bags for the kids.

We try to introduce ourselves to everybody.

Um we got really well recepted by a few of the the people.

Um unfortunately, I was told by another neighbor that she just doesn't care for anybody, period.

So I I'm not sure what else I can do.

I've told my daughter to just, you know, if she comes out there, don't say anything mean.

You just be respectful and kind.

We don't know what her trauma is and what's going on in her life, but you know, we're just gonna live our lives, and if you see her, you just hi, and that's pretty much it.

If she says anything mean, then you can come in the house and ignore her.

Um so we we are trying.

I I have nothing against any of my neighbors.

I move there wanting to be part of this community.

I I like that it's on a pul-de sack.

Um like they've said, I was I was a foster parent.

I ran a group home in California.

I mean, this is this is my whole life, and unfortunately, I can't get a job because of the car accident that happened to my son.

So this is my sole source of income.

I'm not sure if having less than well, less than kids that I have now is gonna be able to support us, but I mean so again, I thank you.

I agree you're you're providing a great resource for the community.

Um I do think that the child care centers do have to take into account the area in which they're operating and that it'd be harmonious and compatible and setting aside that one instance or that one particular staff member, she's no longer there.

I think we've heard from the other neighbors too that uh they're already feeling sort of the impact of an additional six families and buses, and so my concern is should we grant this, then you would be able to care for 12.

And I'm not sure whether the infrastructure in the community can support that additional traffic because to your point it it is sort of situated on two cul-de-sacks, in fact.

Um, and so I would have great reservation supporting that without uh a current plan that seems to have addressed some of the the concerns of the neighbors.

Um I'm so I mean I guess we have two we have two options.

Um if this if I were to make a motion to a deny, and I don't know how my other council members will will vote.

Um you could come back in a year.

Um we could also obey it, and then I would ask you, and I'm happy to join you to meet with the neighbors, and potentially we could work out a plan and sort of almost do an official trial run, not changing how many kids you can care for, but at least meeting with the neighbors and working out a plan that um could address some of their traffic concerns.

But again, in its current form, I do have serious reservations about expanding the number of kids that you can care for with all of the traffic.

So what what would you like to do?

Um I actually I would like to meet with all the neighbors and and try to I I I don't want animosity.

I want to be able to walk outside and you know, I've waved to a couple of them and they just ignore me.

I don't like that.

I think I I like to be friends with everybody.

So then I'll make a motion to obey this.

Uh we'll work with the neighbors, we'll bring food, food makes things better, and if um if we can obey it for like to actually sort of maybe unofficially work out some traffic issues maybe with the neighbors.

So can we obey it for um a couple of months at least?

Uh I thought defer to Jeff, but I think we can uh obey that for 60 days.

I'd have to check and see what that meeting is in April.

Can we do 90 or do we have to do 60?

That much sounds of discretion.

You're concerned about the renoticing Seth.

Yeah, I I at a certain point I'm just wondering if we would want to table it.

I would recommend councilwoman, let's do the 60 because then even if you need another month, will we at least put the item on the agenda and we can possibly hold it in abeyance again?

Let's do 60.

I agree.

So what do you think about the motion to motion to obey item number uh 25-0459 for a six uh A and B for 60 days, please?

And that would be the April uh 15th meeting.

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

I look forward to having some very productive conversations.

Thank you.

I appreciate your thank you very much.

Agenda item 39, 25 dash 0460 on the following land use entitlement project requests on 0.15 acres at 5616 Alta Drive R1 single family residential zone.

39A 25-0460-VAR one to allow two parking spaces where four are required.

39B 25-0460-SUP1 for a pose in for a proposed individual care group home use.

The applicant owner is care access uh NV1 LLC.

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

Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 1, Mr.

Knutson.

They are public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yeah.

Yeah, you want to talk or this item or glass?

Yeah, on this item, yeah.

This item, yeah.

Go ahead to the mic.

All right.

Welcome and please state your name.

Hi, everyone.

My name is Shade McAfee, and I represent Care Nevada.

Um, the private uh public private partnership committed to increasing high quality licensed child care in Clark County.

CARE owns the property located at 5616 Altar Drive and manages the program's partnership that matches high-quality experienced child care providers with homes that are that have enough space to obtain a group child care license.

In addition to providing the space for these entrepreneurs to build their businesses, care connects them with specific businesses and child care support to help build and stabilize their businesses.

Care tenants in the uh tenants in care nevada homes are required to obtain their uh their group child care license and run a high quality child care program that serves people in their community in order to become licensed, their homes must pass a health health inspection, a uh state fire marshal fire code inspection in a state of Nevada licensing inspection.

Prior to that licensing, we also recognize that the properties require special use permit in order to care for more than six children.

We are respectfully requesting the approval of a special use permit and parking variants for the property in advance of a child care provider moving in and applying for their child care license with the states.

We have no objections to the conditions placed on the special use permit by the planning commission.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, madam Mayor.

Peter Lowenstein for the record.

So similar to the previous item, staff is unable to support the project due to the subject site's inability to meet the minimum parking requirements, and therefore recommends denial of both applications as indicated by the applicant.

There were additional conditions similar to what I read in on the previous item regarding um what was put on by planning commission for the age of the children, uh drop off, as well as parking off-site.

Uh and as the council deliberates there, if there's any additional conditions, I'll be prepared to uh add those.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Is there anybody here that wishes to address the council on this particular item?

Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing.

Um getting to that.

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

Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor.

So I apologize.

I sent legal counsel to speak to you because I thought you were with the other group, but now I understand that you're with an organization.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

Can you tell us a little bit about what care access Nevada?

What do you all do?

Are you an advocacy organization?

Um, how do you how do you fit into the what we're seeing here today?

One second for me, sorry.

I mean, I want you to be exp extemporaneous, just kind of tell us what you do.

Yeah, tell us what you do.

Um, so we essentially well, what I do is I go out and um find homes for the use of child care facilities.

What we then do is go ahead and renovate those homes to meet the licensing requirements by the state.

Um, and then from there we work with the state um partners in order to find child uh providers in order to put in those homes.

So, madam mayor, if I may, so in essence, your organization is trying to help small businesses, folks who want to get in the child care arena to do it the right way.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, so this house here on ALTA have do you have your state licensure already?

And have you started have they started business there already, or are they following what I would consider the proper steps, which is to make sure that you have a special use permission permit in place before you open your doors or start any renovations?

Yes, ma'am, that is correct.

Currently, this home is unoccupied by a provider.

Okay, you're uh just said you spoke okay, very good.

All right, is there anyone else that wishes to speak?

Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um so we're just trying to connect the dots because sometimes the state is doing things in a silo and doesn't bring the city along to be there every step of the way where we should be on the front end of the licensure or the development of more child care offerings.

Um, because we are so intimately local, and we're gonna hear from the neighbors if they agree or disagree with the use of of that business or the child care providing offering in this case.

So some of us are confused about care access Nevada.

Um, I kind of I think have a understanding because I've been um to the children's cabinet, and I know there's a special place where they offer trainings for folks looking to want to formalize their business.

Is this more through that children's cabinet concept that you all get um the trainings and um basically get shown how to do the process uh correctly?

But I think the one step that we need to make clearer to them is to do the city part on the front end versus doing it on the back end, if that makes sense.

But if you could just clarify for me, how does someone in your shoes or in the other ladies' shoes who ought want to bring these offerings to the community?

How do they get that ball rolling and who's helping offer that support and training?

I wish I had a better answer for you guys, but I'm on the construction side uh not operations, but what I can say is that um we work with amazing partners here in the city in order to make sure that we're meeting the requirements that we need to for all of the homes.

So I guess we're gonna have to continue to dig to get to the route so that we can fix it because I think we need to have the community meetings and convenings and conversations with the neighbors, making them aware and understanding what's coming, and that's not happening on the front end, and it seems like a lot of it is happening on the back end, and it's not just child care sometimes, it's other types of group homes, and then there's already an existing group home, and then the state blesses another one, but unbeknownst to us, it violates our codes on our books because they can't be within a certain distance.

And it pains my heart to then have to tell the second group home that invested 50, 60, 100,000 K into remodeling a home that it's not gonna be okay because the neighbors have an issue with having an additional offering if that makes sense.

So whoever you intersect with at the state level, if you can help us communicate, articulate, and establish a connection to us, because I think we need to be rowing in the same direction, and right now it seems like we're not rowing, and it feels like we're landing at a time and a place when it's more cumbersome and difficult for us to navigate.

So I appreciate hopefully we can get some clarity.

Are there any qu other um questions or comments from the council?

Mayor pro Teb.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

So I'm gonna I'm gonna roundabout get back to your item.

But real quick, so this is in direct correlation to some of the work that uh the community development department has been working on related to our interaction with the state and Miss Summers Arm Child Councilwoman.

I think you hit the Nell head on perfectly because there is a huge disconnect, and we see it all the time now, especially in Ward One, it's exponentially higher in Ward 1 than I think we see in other areas of the city right now.

Um but this is just another example.

So my conversation with care access uh was that they are a partner with the state, I believe, in workforce connections, but I'm kind of confused right now around that.

Should we based on report done by the state that there's a severe la lack of access to child care facilities, and the cheapest, most efficient way to get us more child care facilities is to provide in-home child care, which there is a child care desert within within ward one, but I'm gonna guess throughout the entire state, it's everywhere.

Everyone has issues with access to child care.

And so within the the child care desert, the state identified a path of working with groups who buy homes and start businesses there in the hopes that the business owner, the child care facility owner, will eventually get that house as part of the deal.

So they're providing child care and they get home equity on the back end.

Sounds like a great plan, but I think there is a disconnect between how it's being rolled out and what the rules are at the city.

Um Mr.

Jansen, I I think that is something we we have got to figure that out because it's it's getting really kind of frustrating for Ward One anyway.

I'm guessing it is for several of us.

And I don't know what the right answer is because we need child care.

Um we also need parking spaces for people to pull in, and neighbors need to be happy.

So all those things still have to happen.

Um, but now I'm gonna get back to your item, so I apologize.

But I don't know how else to talk about that except to like say it's a bigger issue than I think we're we all realize.

Um so, with regards to item number 39.

Um, here are the things that I'm most concerned about, and we talked about this on the phone is Alta is an incredibly busy street.

So I'm not gonna have neighbors coming out saying it's it's causing them problems because they're it's not that kind of neighborhood.

Uh but I do know that street very well, so I'm very concerned about the kids who are gonna be dropped off and for the families who are dropping off there because it's just a busy street.

Um I'm also concerned about at some point it converting into a business.

Um, if you I'm glad the map is up, because along Jones, which is just up the street there, all of those houses, most of them have been converted into businesses.

Um, and so it's really taking away the character of the neighborhood, but it's also making it incredibly dangerous.

And Jones right now is an incredibly busy street with lots of accidents happening.

I drive there every day and have to pass an accident at least once or twice a week.

So I'm mostly concerned about the children.

So I would advocate for care access to work more closely with the city on where they pick their locations because I'm willing to bet we can probably provide some guidance on where locations would be better for in-home child care facilities in a safer environment where maybe we're not upsetting neighbors at the same time.

Um that all being said, the things that I'm worried about are that converting to a business.

Um, and so I know Mr.

Lowenstein, if you can help me with a it may not be needed, but I still want to put it out there a condition around what the front yard could look like because I would like it to stay a residence.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

So, yes, um could be the front yard driveway of the subject site shall remain in its current configuration and shall not be expanded while the special use permit is valid.

So go ahead.

So that that do you agree to that condition, which just means it stays a residence, it's always gonna be a residence.

I'm not in support of turning it into anything else.

I don't believe that's your intention, but I also just want to make sure.

Yes, we will comply with that.

Okay.

The second condition, if it's appropriate, I realize there's short resources within community development, but if it's possible to do an administrative review with a specific look at any uh metro code enforcement issues within this property, and I'm specifically gonna be looking for if there are any injuries, uh, car accidents, kids being hit.

I'm very concerned about that.

And so the administrative review could include a review of all of the enforcement activities around that particular site if that's okay.

So through you, Madam Mayor, that would read an administrative required review shall be conducted in one year if that's adequate.

Uh from the date of final approval for coral calls for service.

Yes.

So if you're okay with that condition, which is after a year, if I see there are other metro issues, metropolitan police department issues related to anything, traffic, uh accidents, anything like that, then I would pull the um the variants in the special use permit back, and I would provoke them.

Does that make sense to you?

Uh yes, it does.

Okay.

So with all that being on the record, and hopefully we can come to some clarity within the city and the state and all the other things going on.

My motion would be to approve with the conditions stated by Peter, which includes the front yard staying a front yard, and then the administrative review with a review of calls for service after one year.

That's my motion.

All right.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 40.

25 dash 0504 for the following land use entitlement project requests on 2.20 acres at 5924 West Lone Mountain Road, uh 40A 25-0504-GPA1 from Rural Density Residential to SC service commercial 40B 25-0504-ZON from RE residential estates to C1 limited commercial 40 C 25-0504-SUP1 for a proposed building and landscape material lumber yard use 40 D 25-0504 SDR 1 for a proposed conversion of an existing 2,000 583 square foot single family dwelling to a building and landscape materials yard development with waivers of perimeter landscape buffer requirements.

The applicant owner is McClun Living Trust.

The planning commission and staff recommend approval on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 6, Miss Bruni, at our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, good morning, Madam Mayor.

Good morning, City Council.

I'm Mark McLoon, and this is my wife Christine McCloon, and I would like for her to tell you a little bit about our project.

Yes, thank you.

Madam Mayor, I'm a native Las Vegan, and you are a legend.

Thank you on both counts.

Yes.

Um so we are Mark and Christine.

We're the owners of Living Water Lawn and Garden.

We are a residential masonry and landscape contractor servicing exclusively the residential market.

Um we would like to convert this house to commercial in order to use it as a showroom to bring clients in to bring the public in.

We want to create a botanical garden.

Um the backyard would be an extension of the front yard, educating the public on water smart practices, and uh just for homeowners to see how beautiful a landscape could be in their property.

Thank you so much.

Um the legend would like to get a staff report.

Thank you, Mayor.

The staff report will be legendary as well.

Um Mayor, the applicant has proposed to convert the existing single family dwelling into a building and landscape material.

Lumber yard development staff finds the requested general plan amendment and rezoning are appropriate to be located on Lone Mountain Road, the Lone Mountain Road frontage, which is designed to carry a high volume of traffic at high speeds.

Staff therefore supports the requested landscape waiver and exception, as they will have minimal negative impact on the surrounding properties, and therefore staff recommends approval of all applications subject to conditions.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

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

Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearings.

Are there any questions or comments from the council members?

Yes, Ms.

Kelly.

I uh yes, um I'll move to approve this item.

Oh, thank you so much.

Shall we vote on the item?

Madam Mayor, I want to just share I'm going to be recusing on this item, please.

Let the record show.

Uh and forgive me for not uh acknowledging you first.

I had heard that.

Okay.

And that is why before we vote, Mayor, if I might Jeff Dorkak City Attorney, my fault as well.

We knew uh councilwoman needed to make that disclosure, but councilwoman will need a reason with the disclosure, and uh you will be recusing from the vote, as you mentioned.

Will you explain why you're not gonna which is what?

Yeah.

Uh last year I actually contracted with this the applicant to work on my backyard.

Thank you.

Okay.

How did how did it work out?

Well, well, it's beautiful.

Well, we'll take the vote and then I'm gonna actually offer a couple of comments.

All right.

And Miss Kelly, you have already made the motion.

I am all right.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

Sorry, I abstained.

Oh, okay.

Please vote.

Motion carries.

Congratulations.

All right.

Well, and I just wanted to share.

I for years drove by the front and never knew it was a business because it looks like a home, as you saw from the pictures.

And then uh Maddie and I went out maybe a year and a half ago to do one of our business highlights with the um living water, and we're just amazed by because you kind of have a showroom now, and so when we were looking to do our backyard, we reached out.

Um but I you know um you've done a such a great job creating jobs here, and it's a beautiful and um so thank you for doing business in Ward 6, and we look forward to the continued growth.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr.

And if I can add thank you for um educating our folks that water smart landscaping can be beautiful, because from what I see.

And so many times we hear it can't, but you're saying yes, it can be.

So thank you for that work.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Agenda item 41, 250527-VAR1 variants, applicant owner James R.

McClary and Nicole and Springs McLaren for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow a proposed patio cover that does not conform to title 19.06 development standards for setbacks and height on 0.15 acres at 10435, Irish Cliffs Court.

RD single family residential restricted zone, ward four, Miss Alan Pelenski.

The planning commission recommends approval, the staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, hi.

I'm James McLaren.

I'm the owner of the house.

And uh what I want to do is put a shade structure on the side of my house because uh the sun has beaten up the side of my yard terribly, and uh the shade structure will help shade it, and I need it big enough to hold a uh RV that I would like to put in there.

Oh I see, okay.

Um may I have a staff reporting.

Yes, thank you, Mayor Seth Floor for the record.

Uh no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance has been presented in that the applicant has created a self-imposed hardship by proposing to construct an RV cover that does not meet Title 19 setback and height requirements, therefore staff recommends denial of the variance request.

Thank you.

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

Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing.

Um are there any questions or comments from council members?

Ms.

Alan Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um Mr.

McLary, thank you for coming today.

Uh you and I have not spoken prior to this.

No.

And while I've talked to my staff about your item independently, I told them as long as the neighbors adjacent uh sign off that I would not have a problem with it.

And I want to be as intellectually honest as possible.

I have approved something very similar in a neighborhood adjacent.

Uh I understand that our lifestyle in Ward 4 uh encompasses RVs, and I don't want to be um I don't want to hinder that.

But my only concern is that you moved in where neighbors were already there and they didn't have to see it, and if they object to it, then they have a they should have opportunity to say so.

Unfortunately, you and I are only speaking here for the first time, and I didn't I wasn't never given an opportunity to articulate that to you.

Um I would have more comfort level if you went to your neighbors.

That's to the right, to the left, across the street, all probably five, and got them to sign a piece of paper saying I don't object to what Mr.

McLary is doing, I have an RV parking too, or or something to that effect.

Yeah, uh, and then pass it at that point.

But um for anyone listening in the world, if you have application, please come to your respective council person and talk to them in advance so that we can communicate one of these things to one another.

Okay.

Are you comfortable with that?

Uh yeah, I'm I am definitely comforta comfortable with that.

And this is the picture of the of the one that's in the neighborhood next.

Yes, okay, I can't.

That may be the one I'm not sure.

I don't recognize the name uh street name per se.

But um I like I said, I don't object to them uh uh in philosophy, but I I do want a comfort level that your neighbors won't object.

Okay.

Make sense?

Yes, 100%.

Okay, and I'm even willing, I don't know if we're allowed.

Can we make this even two weeks so he doesn't have to wait a full 30 days?

I don't want to hold that progress, but I want to the neighbors to have an opportunity to express their will as well.

Yeah, councilman, I think because this won't require revised plans that we would have to review.

I think we can do that in two weeks, which would be March 4th.

Mr.

McClary, can you talk to your neighbors within 10 days or how many?

Two weeks.

Two weeks.

Two weeks.

Yes, March fourth.

Okay, yes.

Okay, that's the date then here, March 4th.

Thank you.

Uh Councilwoman, can you give us some guidance of exactly what you talk about?

Is it a petition?

Is it what what would you like him to come back with?

We've done this in the past normally.

It's a piece of paper saying that I support Mr.

James McLary's application number 25 hyphen 0527 variants one uh to allow him to put up a yes, sir.

Well, I'm sorry, one question I had I had uh I did have a sign in my front yard since for like two months or so.

Legally required.

They could come in and and say anything if they wanted to.

Uh sure, and you have no neighbors here, and I acknowledge that.

I acknowledge that, I acknowledge that.

But uh, since I made the previous uh RV applicant do the same thing, I'm just gonna be consistent.

Oh, okay, yeah, okay, perfect.

Perfect.

And I'm comfortable with two weeks, uh piece of any piece of paper, it doesn't have to be fancy, doesn't have to be computer written, can be handwritten, just with the signatures of your adjacent neighbors.

Okay, next door, right, left, and across the street.

All right, yes.

Okay.

Thank you for your accommodating.

I'm gonna care to make a motion.

Motion to obey until the next meeting.

March 4th.

For the purpose of for the purpose of having uh written documentation that the his neighbors are uh in support.

All right, shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries, and we'll see you here in two weeks.

Okay, thank you.

All righty.

Agenda item 42.

25 0543 dash SUP1, special use permit, applicant Ariane Pineda.

I'm sorry.

Yes, I'm not sure.

Say that will you say that name?

Because we don't want to insult anybody.

I think it is correct, Madam Mayor.

I am sorry, I'm the worst.

Trust me, a lot of people doesn't have to be.

Excellent.

Okay, the legend is embarrassed.

Um for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for proposed community residents, including family community residents and transitional community residence use at 5933 Perfect View Street, R1 single family residential zone, ward six, Miss Bruni.

Uh, the planning commission and staff recommend approval.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

I see that the applicant is present.

Would you tell us about your project?

Yes, uh, just for the record, Aryan Pineda, and I'm I I am the applicant for today, so I just want to clarify with everyone what the plan is.

Because per the special use permit, when they even posted, I'm sorry, can you speak a little more into the microphone, please?

Thank you.

All right, there you go.

So I just wanted uh to explain that what the project is gonna be because it's not up yet.

So we're applying for the specialty use permit.

So this is gonna be a residential home where individual age and infirm will be provided with food assistance, meaning to stay cooking for them, doing laundry and things like that.

So apparently in Nevada, and I just feel like nationwide, there's been a shortage of places where our agent uh and infirm can actually stay in their house and enjoy the rest of their lives there without being placed in the nursing home.

So just between 2010 to 2023, there's actually been 47% increase just in Nevada alone of people with disability that's having trouble finding housing in general.

So what uh the plan is is for have uh to have the home, not the nursing home, not the rehabilitation.

If I have somebody with a disabled parent or a brother or whoever it is, a friend or family member, that you want it to be taken care of in a house rather than in a nursing facility.

That's who we're gonna be.

So it will be supervised by a residential administrator licensed by state of Nevada.

We will have two caregivers present in the morning and one at night to have the disabled and elderly to have somebody 24-7.

And uh apparently this is actually highly uh watched by the state.

We will get visits from the state at least once a month to make sure that our disabled and uh elderly population are well taken care of, and that's what we wanted to provide aging in place.

Thank you so much.

Uh may I have a staff report?

Yes, madam mayor.

Uh the proposed community residence will not alter the residential character of the neighborhood and would remain consistent with the scale and architectural character of the neighborhood.

Subject property does not have direct access to the existing nearby community residents and is in a different residential subdivision.

Therefore, staff supports the special use permit request.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Um, are there any questions or comments from members of the council?

Okay, in that case, uh Miss Rooney.

Thank you, Mayor.

Ms.

Pinna Pineda, um, how many uh people can you care for?

So maximum uh yes, thank you for that question.

So under NRS 449, which is under the HCQC, the Healthcare Bureau, we can only have residents up to 10 because after that it will be like the nursing facilities and things like that.

And uh last planning commission, I think it was placed under uh like we can only do 65 and up, but the NRS 449 actually, and like the American Disability Act, I think it's gonna be against the law for me to actually discriminate by age.

So I humbly request the council to review that.

You're humbly requesting the council to do what?

Because last planning commission, I think they did put a comment that I should be only be able to take 65 years old enough, but that's gonna be against the law because I cannot discriminate by age, especially for people with disability.

Okay.

And then can I just ask for some clarification?

This has been very helpful because we did get some protest cards, but I think the title transitional community residents, a lot of folks thought it was a drug rehab.

Correct.

And I actually clarified that with a lot of neighbors, which actually presented in the planning commission.

That's what I said.

It's a little bit, you know, for them.

So I spoke to some neighbors, and some of them actually went inside the house because we're painting and stuff like that.

They were like, oh, when we saw it, we thought it's an alcohol rehab, halfway house, and things like that.

We should clarify last planning commission.

It's gonna be a sedential home, it's not gonna be an alcohol rehab, it's not anything else.

And there was a concern, I understand.

Oh, but if you sell it in the future, well, then they would have to present in front of you again.

So it cannot be passed on to anybody, and then they're just gonna randomly convert it to something you know to something else.

And I understand the community.

I've been there, I've seen like my neighbors and things like that.

It's an older community, so they're very tight.

You know, last November they're handing popcorn and candies and things like that.

So I understand the concern, but I guarantee them no, this is basically just a residential.

We're not gonna do rezoning or anything like that.

It's gonna remain as this.

Okay.

And then of the 10 people that you can care for, what percentage are you will this be seniors or truly kind of targeted towards individuals with different abilities?

What's what's the population that you're talking about?

The NRS 449.

Uh, we can there's two different categories.

So you can have somebody ambulatory, meaning to say walking and things like that, but they might not have uh family member at home that's with them 24-7, and they don't feel safe at home, so they could be there.

Category two uh category two would be like if you are wheelchair bound or if you need assistance, getting up, going to the toilet, and things like that.

So they have two different categories, and under licensing, you have an option to pick either just doing category one or category two.

Uh with our plan, which I submitted to the city.

Uh, we are planning to uh to apply for licensing for both.

Uh that's why we're also gonna do upgrade with our fire sprinkler, make sure that everything is safe.

Perfect, thank you.

With that explanation, I'm happy to make a motion to approve item 25 dash 0543.

Thank you so much.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Congratulations and best of luck.

Thank you so much.

You're very welcome.

Agenda item 43, 25-0551 on the following land use entitlement project requests on 11.85 acres on the west side of is it?

A road south of West Sky Canyon Park Drive, uh T D traditional Development Zone School Sky Canyon Special Land Use Designation.

43A, 25 Dare 0551-SDR1 for a proposed two-story uh 11,995 square foot primary school, 40 uh 43b, 25-051-m SP1 for proposed signage in conjunction with a public institution, a school.

Applicant owner is Clark County School District.

The planning commission and staff recommend approval on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 6, Miss Rooney, and our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes.

Would you care to state your name and tell us about your project?

Good morning, Mayor.

Members of the Council.

Chris Dingle, 1180 Military Tribute.

I'm with the Clark County School District.

This is a request for a new elementary school on Schomba and Sky Canyon Park Drive.

It is a 2015 bond project.

It is scheduled to be open for the 2027-28 school year.

It will provide relief for the elementary schools in the area and will also accommodate existing growth that is happening in the area.

I'm going to turn it over to the architect, Mr.

John Lopeman, and he's going to give a brief presentation of the site plan, and I'll be here to answer any questions.

Thank you so much.

Welcome and state your name for the record.

John Lopeman, 8985 Southeastern.

This is a prototype building for the school district.

We've built a couple of them in the Las Vegas area.

Hancock and Smith is under construction right now, so it's very similar to those buildings, uh, except it's a little bigger.

This is for 850 students.

A little bigger site, a little bigger building.

Oops.

This building, uh the site has some challenges.

Uh it's got 40 feet of fall across it from uh Sheep Mountain up here, and uh it's 40 feet lower down here on Chamber.

So that kind of affected the layout a little bit.

Um we only have access to Chamber though.

So we have a bus loop that comes off of Chamber and has uh from Sky Canyon Park Drive.

Uh you can drive the bus through here, bus drop off is here.

Uh the automobile access is from Schomba on the south side, and it comes works its way up around, drop off along the building here, and then exit out on the very south end of the uh parcel.

It's got all the standard school district amenities on the site, a big play field play equipment, um, and a separate kindergarten slash pre-K playground.

Thank you so much.

Is there a staff report?

Yes, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh the applicant has proposed a new one and two-story elementary school within the Sky Canyon Master Plan community on a site classified as school of the Sky Canyon Master Land Use Plan.

63 classrooms are proposed.

Staff finds the development compatible with surrounding development as well as the associated master sign plan providing a unified sign design for the school while maintaining compatibility with adjacent residential development and conforming to residential protection standards.

As such, staff recommends approval.

And I'll turn it over to public works just to clarify one of the conditions.

Uh Lucian Pilate for the record.

This was submitted after publishing, which we'd like to revise condition number six of the site development review uh 43A to read as follows.

Dedicated right turn lane on Shambur Road for the main entrance to the school prior to the issuance of off-site permits for this site.

Construct the right turn lane concurrent with on-site development.

Do you accept that?

Yes, we do.

All right, thank you so much.

Um there any questions or comments from the council members.

What are you saying?

Yes, Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, for indulging me.

I always have my former educator hat on.

Um, so I'm always thinking about how the building is conducive to the daily business of all the children that are dropped off and all the children that have to go home.

So I don't know if I quite quite caught it.

I did hear about the bus having its own row uh to be able to do the drop-off and the pickup at the end of the day.

But where is where the parents will be dropping off their children in a safe manner?

Because what we see with the older schools when we didn't build in a lane to kind of do the drop-off, it becomes chaotic, and we're doing U-turns where we shouldn't, and we're putting kids' life as at risk.

So I just kind of wanted to wrap my brain around where the parents would be kind of pulling up to a curb and being able to drop off their children.

So this is the main entrance that parents will use right here.

Uh parents coming from the north will make a ride-in, and we're we're constructing a left turn lane in the meet in the existing median right now.

So there'll be access from the south also.

So this is the main entrance.

Uh so it's a one-way drive all the way through here, and then this is the drop-off edge right here.

So that's where the students will get out.

You have a couple of choices when you reach the end of this.

You can pull in and park and walk your child in, or you can drop them off at the drop-off and continue on out this lane over here.

And we appreciate uh we appreciate staff's input in this.

Um, we worked, we worked this out with staff.

Uh, we have an extra lane here uh to keep it out of the parking.

So we don't have the drive, uh, the drop exit drive going through the parking lot.

It's gonna get its own lane over here on the side, and they can they converge here um at the end, and you make a ride out only.

Does that make sense?

And then I know this side of town is pretty active.

I've seen a lot of bike riders.

Are bike racks going to be part also of the city?

Yeah, we have um there's uh a bike rack cage here, it's made out of chain link, uh, but the bikes go in the courtyard right here.

Okay, all right.

Thank you for answering my questions.

Appreciate it.

Anyone else before we call on Miss Rooney?

Miss Rooney.

Thank you, Mayor.

Happy to approve or make a motion to approve item 25-051 A and B.

All right, shall we vote?

Please post motion carries.

Lovely.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Agenda item 44.

25 dash 0592- on the following land use entitlement project requests on 4.60 acres, generally located on the east and west side of Harvey Mumford Street, in between Washington Avenue and Bonanza Road, 44A, 25 dash 0592-VAR one to allow a 60 foot lot width where 100 feet is the minimum required, 44B, 25-0592-VAR2 to allow an 80-foot lot width where 100 feet is required, 44 C 25-0592-CON from RE residential estates and C1 limited commercial to C2 General Commercial.

The applicant owner is DFALLC.

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

Staff recommends denial a denial on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in uh ward five, Miss Summers Armstrong and our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

I am.

Would you care to tell us about your project?

Thank you.

Mayor Berkeley, Council members.

Um I was here recently, and uh I have a tendency when I speak from my heart to kind of go down a rabbit hole.

So I've prepared a statement for you to kind of bring us all up to speed.

Um so to refresh the remembrance of these zoning changes, they are to achieve two things.

One, these properties have been purchased over the past decades to facilitate the expansion and growth of our business.

Speak a little slower, please.

Sorry, sorry, Mayor.

Um these zoning changes are to achieve two things.

One, these properties have been purchased over the past decades to facilitate the expansion and growth of our business, Ahern Rentals.

Two, Ahern Rentals was sold to United Rentals in December of 2022, and now is the time to clean up the zoning so it can be developed and to bring uniformity in order to the assemblage of properties that are all over the board with a variety of different zoning designations.

This land assemblage in question is in the middle of the spaghetti bowl with MLK bordering the east, 95 Bonanza on the south, Washington on the north, and Rancho to the west.

These are all well-established commercial corridors, so it makes no sense to me not to do this.

Also, um, I believe this is the largest block of land that is adjacent to downtown Las Vegas.

So the development should be something to benefit the city in a very positive light, something the city and ward five could promote as a cornerstone for redevelopment and economic growth.

Oh, is that your statement?

That's my statement.

Well, thank you very much.

Um is there anyone else wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Are there any questions or comments from council members?

Yes, Ms.

Kelly.

Thank you.

Um, sir, I'm not sure we had the chance to meet.

Um, and I didn't hear you say your name on the record.

Lloyd Benson.

Okay, thank you, sir.

You're welcome.

Um the last time last time we were here.

Um I I I remember the council councilwoman Summers Armstrong um asking for uh what the plan was for this particular area.

And um obviously there is one because you you know hearing you say that there is uh you've been working on the accumulation of this land over the last decade.

Um so what is the plan for it?

So we believe based on its location, this this would be a perfect location for um could be an arena.

We've been approached by um different groups.

Um these groups ultimately decided to build their arenas on the strip rather than downtown.

You all know who they are.

Um so it's a possible location for an arena.

The other uh possible uh opportunity that I think is out in the world, and something that we've been discussing is for um a medical area.

Um I don't know if the medical district is um expanded to the point where uh it's uh it's complete.

I think that as the city grows that the uh that the medical district would want to grow with it.

And I think this location, based on its uh the central location in the city would be um a good uh area location for an expanded medical district, something that uh I think the area needs.

Number one, number two, uh I it's its accessibility is uh second to none, with it being in in next to all of the freeways in Las Vegas.

So we're kind of looking at that as a as an opportunity to expand the medical district.

So I assume then you've had conversations with um Councilman Knutson, uh, Councilwoman Summers Armstrong and the staff about those ideas.

I have not.

That's not up to me.

That's up to Don Ahern.

So he's asked me to kind of uh uh be mindful of of uh putting this out into the um into the public forum.

So I have not talked about that.

Okay, okay.

And please forgive my ignorance, but your relationship to Mr.

Ahern as it relates to this item is what?

So I'm I'm uh I'm an executive in the company.

Okay.

My main responsibility right now is to oversee the bonanza campus, we call it.

Okay.

Uh his main right now, uh his main um, well, I guess the corporate headquarters is in Henderson, what we call the Eastgate campus, whereas manufacturing uh is okay.

Thank you.

And um I remember at the time of this hearing um there one of the things that um councilwoman Summer Armstrong's um talked about and mentioned um, particularly when instead of having a well, and this is how I recall it, so um Fever with what's that's worth instead of having a vote that may not have been positive for you, um, I believe the councilwoman withdrew or offered to have you withdraw the item so that you were not at risk of being um precluded from doing anything with it for a year.

Right.

Yeah.

And at that time, she had asked that um that you work with her in her office.

I know that she had um many conversations or she had had she's talked about um some of her concerns about the residents who are still living in the area uh on part in part of the parcel that is that's uh not the ones specifically under consideration, but adjacent to and and related to in that area.

Can you give me an update on how those conversations have gone?

So there's only two residents in that area.

Um I've got letters from both of them.

I'd like to read them if I if I may.

Okay.

Um is Macon Jackson, and uh his letter states um I've written to the city council already.

Mr.

Benson asked me to write another.

I'm well aware of the intentions of Donald Lloyd to rezone the property surrounding my house.

I've lived here my entire life.

My parents built this house, and I have sentimental and emotional connections with the neighborhood.

Um I understand that nothing in life is forever, and I understand progress will someday change the landscape of my world.

I think the time is now.

I would have sold my home to Don years ago, but he encouraged me to keep it, that it may be worth more when the area is ready to be redeveloped.

Now that's a true friend.

Instead of him making a profit on my childhood home, he wants me to participate in the upside.

I have no problem with the zoning change.

I'm 100% in favor of it.

James Gray, the other resident.

Lloyd Benson asked me to write another letter about the rezoning around my house.

I think it's a good thing for years.

Four years, I had people breaking into my place from the apartments behind my property.

Since Lloyd tore them down a few years ago, I haven't had any problems.

Lloyd is always around, knocks on my door to check on me as a good man.

I've known Don Ahern a very long time and have done business with him.

He is someone I trust and consider a good friend.

I support him because he has always helped me.

Those are the only two residents that are in the area, and they are in favor of the rezoning application.

Thank you for sharing that, Mr.

Benson.

I appreciate that.

So when you sat down with the councilwoman's when the councilwoman to share that information, because I think you had referred to it.

I don't know that you had the letters, but I'm my memory could be.

With these?

I haven't talked to her about the letters at all.

Oh.

Okay.

She just she she wants to.

Um the uh what does she call it?

The spot zoning.

She's against spot zoning regardless of what the neighbors say.

I'm not um what's spot zoning?

I'm sorry.

I'm so I had the same question.

Um I don't know if you're not sure.

Do we have a official term for space?

The attorney wants to step in here and explain that, or if Seth has something to say.

But I do have I have researched it myself and question she um does uh staff have anything they'd like to add to this to clarify uh what we're talking about?

Sure, Madam Mayor.

Spot zoning is defined in Title 19.

It is the rezoning of a lot or parcel of land to benefit an owner for an incompatible with surrounding land uses, and that does not further the general plan.

Okay.

Well, when I when I read the staff uh report and the analysis, it certainly sounds to me like what's happening here is spot zoning without using that particular word.

But let me I want to go back to Mr.

Benson if I can.

Um have you had a meeting?

Have you and your you or someone representing at the executive level uh your company had a meeting subsequent to our last meeting with the councilwoman?

Uh we had a meeting yesterday.

Okay, tell me about that, please.

I wasn't available.

I was at a doctor appointment.

Mac McKnight, who's my representative, had that meeting with with the councilwoman.

And what were the results of that meeting?

I don't think there was any defining uh decision that that came about that meeting.

She uh I think uh I wish Mac was here, but I think they talked about spot zoning, and she still had the same issues that she did last time.

And last time you mean during the last city council meeting.

So you've not how long has that been?

Two months.

So I'm sorry, Mr.

Benson.

I'm a little confused because I felt during that time, and um I'm sure it's just being new here, but I felt very during that time that the mayor and the councilwoman worked really hard to make sure that we were avoiding a vote which may have tied your hands, uh, which I thought was a very gracious and courteous act.

Um I remember the the councilwoman asking for you to meet with her office, with her in her office, um, and that she really wanted she had a concern of what the plan was.

What what's the site plan?

Um it seems that you've done neither.

That you're there's no site plan.

Right.

So there's not a site plan, and you did not meet with her.

Why was that?

I don't remember her ever inviting me to her office.

Oh, she did very much, sir.

I mean, I remember that clearly.

It was part of it was part of this whole effort to, at least it felt to me.

Um, it was part of this whole effort, and I'm happy to have the councilwoman out um clarify, but it felt to me part of this whole effort to um obey it if that's the right term, if that's what the vote was.

Yeah, in order to have that conversation.

And I bring that up because at this meeting today, and I know you've been sitting waiting so patiently, and I I certainly appreciate that, but almost every councilperson has thanked the applicant for the meetings.

We've uh councilwoman Alan Polenski thanked Mr.

Johnson for coming in multiple times.

Um councilman Knutson, the conversations that he had with Care Access and asked, you know, furthermore to work with the city on the location.

I know that Councilwoman Bruni was complimenting the application for a portion of the effort and worked here again to obey it so that that she, I mean, I think I almost I think I heard you say you you and your team would go out to meet with the residents, which is terrific.

I come from the business community, so I am I believe government's role is to help facilitate that.

Um but in this particular instance it it in the in the in the time that I've I've been here I hear these stories and these qualitative responses from my colleagues about working.

I know that I do this within my own ward, sir.

So can you tell me why there hasn't been efforts on your part to meet with the councilwoman?

So we don't have that relationship that the other council members have with their constituents.

Okay.

Um this this whole thing stem well.

I don't even know where to start.

There's some history between the councilwoman Armstrong and Don Ahern.

Uh as soon as uh I've I've been inundated with uh violations over there since she took office and I've been told by uh code enforcement that I've been targeted.

It's hard for me to have a an honest conversation with her when I think that uh she's against everything that we stand for over in her wards.

Councilman Kelly, could you possibly wrap up?

Yes, yes, um Mayor, I will, but I I have a couple of other things, so please, if you don't mind, I would appreciate this.

The code violations that you just referenced, um, and I I I don't know what they are individually, but I know that um there have been some over the years.

I hear that you have worked collaboratively with the city to address them, which is terrific.

There are some that are that are outstanding.

I don't know that it's related to this particular parcel, but do we, can I ask staff, do we, when a developer has code violations in one area or even a close area, um, do we require that that developer cure those violations before coming for requests for rezoning or um uh or uh variances for other parcels or other projects?

Yeah, mayor through USeth Floyd for the record.

So I mean every code case is unique, but I'd say generally speaking, not always, because sometimes coming to you is the cure for the code violation.

Um and so for example, uh with back in December when the same applicant was before you, one of the things that they did was rezone uh a property that had previously been condos from RE to C2, and that helped resolve a code case that was on that property because they were uh using that for commercial purposes, and now that has been cured.

So it kind of depends on what the history of each parcel is, but it could be that coming to council is part of the cure uh for that.

Okay, thank you.

Um if I may, I I know, Mayor, but please, I this is very important to me as I'm trying to understand this.

Um I I've heard a lot of conversations about community and about looking at the whole thing uh more uh at a broader perspective than looking at whether it's spot zoning, sometimes zoning parcel by parcel and not looking at the whole thing forces a neighborhood to change.

Um and and I don't know if that's been the case here.

Uh I do worry that these lovely people who are very supportive of um Mr.

Ahern would if they were to uh pass the real estate property on to someone else that wasn't him or to sell it to somebody else.

We are looking at changes here that that is really without respect, I think, to those two homeowners.

Um and that does concern me because it we're we're we're talking about affecting the property, uh, and if those homeowners, if those those occupants change, those homeowners change, and it still remains residential, then we have changed that neighborhood.

Um, we have some legislative discretion here, and you know, rezoning is is a legislative act.

Um it's not purely a technical one, and uh even recently the Nevada Supreme Court determined that when we look at the welfare of a community, that it is upon us to know that that is aspirational, um, that it doesn't have to be fact-based.

Um I you know, I happen to have I happen to represent a community that is that has a uh it has a much higher degree of residence, it has a very high degree of of or master plans and or organized developments and more two homeowners associations.

But I grew up um adjacent to this ward, and I grew up in East Las Vegas, and I've been, you know, so I've been yeah, I'm I'm familiar with how neighborhoods around where my grandmother bought a house in 1958 changed.

Um and how that happens to residents.

So I'm as much as I want as much as I believe that we should be supporting businesses, and I have a great deal of respect for developers who put their money out with the hope that that investment will return.

And but I also I also see us as stewards of our communities.

And I know in the conversations that I've had with some of my council folks who represent more challenging areas of the city, that vision for for their neighborhoods uh is very aspirational, uh, very aspirational.

So it it concerns me, sir, honestly, that I understand that you you whether you have a difference of opinion or Mr.

Ahern does, I you know, my hair is is almost as wide as yours, and I have been around many blocks and have had to work with people that I had past disagreements with because it we're trying to do what's best in the city.

Um what I have heard from her from councilwoman Summers Armstrong consistently is a real desire for important change, monumental change for her area.

And I hear that when I was when we're talking about the uh the opportunity with Linar and the Cashman Center.

I heard that uh with her and and hearing her advocate really about making sure the the thoroughware thoroughfare is very walkable friendly so we can connect both the north and the south part of downtown, which which gets uh uh underneath uh I 11.

And so uh what I what I am saying is it disturbs me, especially when I hear how important it is to these council folks that they that the folks coming before us take their time to meet with us, and I hear it comes from a place of great care and warmth, of wanting to make sure that the traffic handle situation of this previous applicant applicant with a date they daycare, can that get handled so everybody can get what they need out of that neighborhood?

Can um as Mr.

as Councilman uh Pro Tem said um you know with care uh or access care, I what I I'm gonna miss care access, thank you, Councilwoman, um, to work with him as they're trying to locate homes for daycare, which is so very important, it needs to be a partnership, sir.

And um by you know, I am concerned that um I have I have I am new, but I will tell you I am I am honored, honored to be part of this group.

And I believe that um it it is worth your time, and it is certainly worth uh your company's major investment in this area to work with the councilwoman before you throw up your hands assuming that you can't.

And uh with that, I would I don't know uh what on procedure here.

Well, I think some of your fellow council people would like to speak also.

Okay, so should I make a motion?

No, you should not continue speaking.

Okay.

So if uh I would be inclined to support some sort of abeyance or what would be the right way to ask that the uh the company get together and sit down with uh Miss Summer Armstrong and anyone else who thinks they could be a contributor to a positive discussion.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

I'd like to by all means.

So the impression I got from your comments is that I don't care about the neighborhood.

Um I grew up in the neighborhood, bonanza and uh uh ranch hill.

Uh went to school, Twin Lakes, went to school at uh Western uh Hyde Park.

Um I'm invested in that area.

Um we have spent millions of dollars beautifying that area.

Drive up and down Washington.

The most beautiful part of Washington is uh borders our property.

Drive up and down Bonanza, the most beautiful part of Bonanza borders our property.

We've spent a lot of time and effort to make sure that we are good neighbors.

Uh we took 10 acres that we'd purchased over time.

Um that uh we uh this is going back about 10 years now.

It was it was old horse property, broken down corrals, broken down barns.

We cleaned it all up, and I planted an orchard.

We've got 3,000 trees there.

Uh last year I took off 20,000 pounds of fruit, and where did it go?

It went to the neighborhood to faith-based charities and uh churches in the area that provide uh help to underprivileged families.

We don't sell fruit, we give it away to the neighbors.

So if you're indicating that I'm a poor neighbor, you're wrong.

I let us or I did not.

Let us move on.

Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um, obviously, these items are always challenging when we have to consider zoning and uh the future implications of changing the zoning for a neighborhood.

Um, you know, last time I heard the councilwoman loud and clear.

Um, but you know, last time when these items were up, we didn't have a room full of opposition either.

And uh I don't really see the case until the mayor, I think you already turned it up for public comment.

Did you already ask we have we already asked for public comment and there's no one here to offer that public comment.

We hear the two letters of support from the most adjacent neighbors to it.

As I look at this map, and I I've been trying to navigate where I'm gonna land on it.

Um I talked to my planning commissioner who is probably one of the most experienced planning commissioners uh with 14 years um helping us navigate development in the city, and I said, I need you to help me out here.

What are your thoughts?

Because obviously it came out of planning with a recommendation to approve.

Um so I wanted to hear what my planning commissioner had to say.

And he feels that this area um is very much commercial.

If you look on the south side of Bonanza, it's all heavily commercial and industrial in nature.

If you look on the east side, it's very much um it looks like we adopted form-based code on that side, and so there could be some mixed use developments to the adjacency.

And there's already so much that has been blessed to be commercial adjacent what's being requested.

That I know that um when we're trying to assemble an acreage and offer it for economic and urban development opportunities, that is a big thing that drives people to want to land their project there because we've eliminated all the uncertainties that lay uh because if we don't, as a council speak to, we're open to seeing a project that can be significant in terms of economic and urban development, and we don't bless the zoning, we're kind of saying we want to keep the status quo.

So I think that changing the zoning today conforms to everything in its immediate proximity.

We're hearing from the most adjacent that they're not averse to it, and I do want to give the city the opportunity to land an awesome project, and we don't know what that is yet.

Um it can be in the vein of medical, it could be in the vein in the lane of something else, but we know that when we have very finite acreage left in our boundaries that we can assemble and offer for a purpose, it's worth its weight in gold.

And so I think eliminating the barriers and giving people certainty and being able now to speak at another level.

It's not if the council, but because the council sees that this is prime for some redevelopment efforts, I I think we can't want to support an effort um on that front.

And and for that, I'm going to because I think we still get another bat bite at the apple.

Changing it to commercial blessing, the zoning doesn't mean we've decided anything.

Um an application still has to come before this council and the councilwoman and and get the support for whatever project ends up materializing there.

That we still don't have a hundred percent certainty with.

But based on what we did in the last meeting, I do want to get you kind of with your block all assembled, because I know you guys have been working pretty hard on it, and I don't want to stand in the way of progress.

Um that's what my planning commissioner left me with is that sometimes in order for us to see progress, we need to consider and reconsider zoning.

So for those reasons, I will be supporting um the the applicants' requests for changes to the zoning.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Thank you, Mayor Councilwoman.

I think you said it perfectly.

Um and I would just say I get asked this all the time in my ward is you wouldn't do it near near your house.

I I would do it near my house.

Um most recently the 77 acres on the state land, which is now the campus of hope.

Uh, those neighbors have very strong feelings about uh what ultimately I pre-planned probably eight or nine years ago was the development of transitional housing, a state facility for forensic psychiatrics and a variety of other services that our community needs.

So I tend to look at uh the community, um, which does put me at odds sometimes with neighbors in my own ward.

Um but at the end of the day, I go back to what happened three or four years ago when Intermountain Health approached the city of Las Vegas about developing a children's hospital, and they couldn't because we didn't have available land for them.

Uh and so I see big plots of land as the future of Las Vegas serving uh not only not only the immediate area but the broader Las Vegas Valley.

Um and in addition to the significant economic impacts it has to the vitality of our of our Las Vegas and our ability to compete with our surrounding jurisdictions and states.

So I will also be in support.

Miss Alan Polinski, do you care to speak?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I I would like to hear from the councilwoman in the area, but uh as a as I said in the last time we saw this, uh I do believe that the zoning change is appropriate, it is consistent with the the micro area.

Um, and I wanna see a transformative project for the city of Las Vegas that will change this land into something remarkable.

Um I'm not gonna stand in the way of progress.

Thank you so much.

And Miss uh Councilwoman Summers Armstrong, do you wanna bring us home?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um I do have a question.

Uh would you consider uh the lots that are um adjacent to immediately adjacent to first of all, thank you for coming down.

Um sorry you couldn't make the meeting yesterday.

Um I did ask um if anything had changed uh with the ownership of the land that I was told no.

So we are still in a situation where on the west side of Harvey Munford, we have residences there still, and on the east side, we do have unresidents on the east side of the street.

I I think I'm correct there.

There's a family that lives in the house.

Can I speak to that?

Yes.

For just a minute.

Okay.

So um this map will show what what uh councilwoman is talking about.

Is it my way out in the right place?

Okay, there we go.

I can see it.

Okay.

Okay, so this is an old map, it's a sunny place, it's Harvey Mumford Street right now.

Um let's see, where's a pointer?

So this law right here is Macon Jackson, he's one of the residences.

Uh this is James Gray.

Uh the resident that uh councilwoman Armstrong is speaking of, I think that they are right here, 005, if I'm not mistaken, or 009.

I'm not sure which one is them.

Umetheless, uh I if it I think this is spot zoning in reverse, because this this is MLK right here.

And it's a commercial corridor, and there is a uh resident right there, and but everything around that person is commercial.

And if you go to look at that person's property, they're running a business out of it for sure.

So I don't know what more to say about that, other than uh I don't think that should preclude me from rezoning these properties uh because of that.

Now I'll speak to that to to James Gray.

Um I could probably buy his property tomorrow if I found him a place to live.

Uh he's 84 years old.

Um he's got health issues, or he'd be here.

Uh Macon Jackson, I could buy his house tomorrow.

If that's what it takes, okay.

Um but neither one of them have a place they that they know.

I could uh I'll speak to the city attorney about this.

I if you want a contract that says I'm gonna buy their property and them sign it and me sign it, and with a fair mark price, okay.

But Don is already Don Ahern's already talked to them and said, hey, you've been my friends all these years.

I'd rather you participate if there's some upside in when we when we develop this property into into a medical district or an arena facility, whatever.

I think there's more upside for you in that.

And so they're kind of waiting for that.

Um thank you very much.

Uh Ms.

Summers Armstrong, do you want to continue?

I do.

I I would um want to ask if you would consider on the properties that are adjacent to MLK C1 zoning as opposed to C2, because the businesses that are currently in place, which would be the 7 to 11 at Martin through King and Washington, and again at Martin Thur King and Bonanza are both zoned C1.

That's the two convenience stores you're speaking of.

Correct.

And so um there's that those two businesses have created a precedence, right?

And and the business that you that family that has a combination residence and I I see them too.

I drive by every day, have a business.

I think that C one designation would definitely be in keeping with what we already see there on Martin Luther King.

Um, and I think it would be appropriate so that that whole line would be uh consistent, except for the residential, which is you know, kind of a split use.

C one is really the designation on that particular street because the two, but in businesses you all don't own them, right?

And so you're filling in the land in between.

Would you consider that?

I know that C2 zoning is general commercial.

I'm not sure what C1 zoning is, Directory.

Can you speak to that, Mr.

Um, please?

Yes, so uh we we can pull the whole list, but C1 is a limited commercial, so it is also a commercial zone.

Uh but we'd we'd have to look at the permitted use table to see exactly which uses are permitted in C2 that aren't permitted in C1.

Typically it's your auto-oriented, heavier uses.

C2 is designed to be more of a uh transition zone between commercial and uh manufacturing, whereas C1 is a more traditional commercial district without the auto.

So let's just um you were talking in hypotheticals, so let's just throw this out there.

What if the the project move forward as a medical area district?

Uh would C1 be appropriate for that type of business.

And I apologize.

I was looking at the I was trying to read the code while you were speaking.

Can you say that one more time?

Okay, so let's say we proceeded with developing the land into a um hospital medical district.

Um would C1 be appropriate for that type of business.

There you madam I medical offices are permitted within the C1 zoning district.

I didn't hear that.

I'm sorry, Peter.

Sorry.

Medical office as a use is a permitted use within the C1 zoning district.

What about hospital?

A hospital.

I believe that is also permitted use.

I'll just double check really quickly for you.

It's a conditional use, Peter.

Hospital's conditional use in C1.

That is correct.

And the conditions is that the use shall be located on a secondary thoroughfare or larger.

Which is an 80-foot roadway minimum.

So I would say, you know, it's right on the street of MLK.

Um, those those properties right here.

Um this area is developed, that probably wouldn't be where the building sat.

It would probably be more of an entrance, I would guess, but I'm we haven't got that far yet.

So again, I'm just assuming that.

Um but if it's but if it's compatible with with what we're trying to do there, then I would say I would say I don't have a problem with that.

Um uh councilwoman Diaz has a question.

Mr.

Benson, just in you know uh projecting and thinking about the future, is it then the hope and desire of Mr.

Ahern and the investment team to procure basically the entirety that's outstanding there?

So we've mentioned the two residences, but um what I'm envisioning is you guys are gonna want to probably complete and have the rest of the block all the way to Maryland Parkway, Bonanza to Washington, is that accurate?

Say Maryland Parkway.

Not Maryland, sorry.

I'm talking my district that's your district.

I'm sorry, Ward 3 on the brain.

Washington, Martin Luther King Boulevard Bonanza.

Are you guys looking to basically scoop up as many of those properties to complete that block eventually?

Is that the end goal?

Uh so we've we've pretty much got the block completed from Clarkway to Harvey Mumford Place.

Okay.

There's just a couple in there that we haven't purchased, but I um I've done all I could over the years to to complete that, and I think the one or two that are left that I don't really have a definitive answer for you on, is the property which is right here.

It's uh it's a it's a kind of a medical clinic, I'm gonna say.

I'm not quite sure what they do in there.

I've talked to the owner a couple of times, and he has no desire to sell it.

I think he it's it's probably his his income.

Um but if in fact the time comes to we get to the point where we need that property for our development, then I would sit down with him uh in uh kind of a different frame of mind and talk to him about purchasing it.

Uh it would be a lot it would cost me a lot more then it would now, you know.

But I I um so the so our plan is yeah, is to assemble as much of the property as we can at this time at fair market price value.

Uh it'd be cheaper now than than wait until the announcement is made on what's going there, and then everybody wants a piece of it, right?

So let me ask the staff a question because I'm confused.

Um eventually I'm assumed there uh the applicant is here to get a zoning change.

Two parcels.

One it may Mayor, it's actually uh seven parcels.

Okay, so total okay um eventually they're gonna want C2.

So uh do we have to uh I would rather avoid as long as they're here to get C2 um zoning change uh to uh do a different zoning change and have them come back and ask for what they are here now to ask for doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

Am I am I mistaken when they eventually start?

We have no way of knowing what they're gonna build.

Um that that they have no way of knowing what they're gonna build at this point.

Um what about this extra step of a different zoning uh designation?

Mayor, I understand your concern.

I it's a little hard for us to evaluate whether they would need a second step.

I mean, hypothetically, yes, if they got a rezone to C1 and then came forward sometime later with a use that needed C2, you would have to do a rezoning as part of that package, but it again hard to evaluate without that uh okay, and C2 covers everything.

Uh C2 is the most um general inclusive commercial use, yes.

Okay, thank you very much.

Ms.

Armstrong.

Thank you, Mayor Berkeley.

Um I think from my perspective, uh, so I think it's what's been obvious today is that there has been very little communication for whatever reasons.

Um many of them are not under my control.

We reached out and scheduled a meeting, and we did have um Mr.

McKnight on the call yesterday.

Um and I I just kind of kind of want to talk about a couple of things.

Number one, um, I'm I think that it is um a misconception uh that I have it out for your organization.

I have a list from our code enforcement folks of the code enforcement issues over the last couple of years.

I took office in uh December of 2024, and there are issues that go back before I ever came into this office.

Um part of being um a resident of the neighborhood and as a leader in the neighborhood is that I see what I see.

And if I see something, I think I have a responsibility to say something, and neighbors come to me and they have concerns and questions, and I give phone calls and people driving up on my driveway and knocking on my door with concerns, and we do our very best in the office to address them.

Um but I don't put on blinders just because I become a city councilwoman.

I I live in the neighborhood and I have a right to be concerned about what I see.

And and I think any uh citizen in the city um that we all represent has a right to speak and say um and be concerned about what they see.

Um and so um I I think that if a medical facility, including a hospital, um, can be accomplished under C one, um, and that is what is suggested that is a great use for this land, I think that we should um uh approve land use to that use when we go to C2, we are now expanding to much more intense uses that, yes, sure, we can come back and have a community meeting about it, but we've now opened the door for now the neighbors who most none have no idea what is being proposed here, now have to come and fight against uh uh a land use that we've approved when it wasn't necessary, and I'm asking for this on the Martin Luther King portion because that is what is already in existence.

We have uh we have a a standard already set.

There's no there's no need, in my opinion, for C2 on Martin Luther King, unless I just don't see it, right?

And so I think that it's a matter of a compromise and a show of good faith from my perspective, um, to do that.

The other properties that are on the west side of um Harvey Munford, um, we went ahead and changed those designations because they're running businesses already on them.

So we know what we are dealing with with the driving school.

Um we know what we're dealing with with the other uses.

We already have an we already know what's there, and those um land use changes were approved because we know what they were doing, and was there's no surprise there.

And again, even on those, if they want to do something more intense, they would have to come back to us for that.

So I don't think that it's asking.

Um I don't think that's being unreasonable to just say C1 on the MLK perimeters.

Um I am uh I understand that they are consolidating, I get it.

Um I think that the little strip in between Mr.

Gray and Mr.

Um Jackson.

Jackson, thank you.

Every time I get nervous, I I get a little amnesia, I think.

Um well try being 75.

I you're doing a darn good job, sir.

Probably better than me.

I think that that little strip in between, um, I think that's a little bit premature to put that C2 on that because it's right dead smack in the middle of where those two gentlemen are living.

And and once they go through their process of accumulating those properties, um, it doesn't meet the width for a land use change on those.

Um, and I think that we should follow there the the um the direction of staff.

They're saying that when you have a teeny weenie parcel, especially one that is in my perspective, and what we see on this map in between two residential occupied uh residences, just leave it alone until they figure out what they're gonna do.

They already own it.

Once they accumulate uh you know, acquire the other two, it would make sense for all of it to be changed because they're still gonna have to come back and deal with Mr.

Gray and Mr.

Jackson's uh properties there.

Um so um let me just it's a new day.

I actually agree with you on that.

Um the the the little strip of land.

I have a well there.

We have five wells wells in the area, and that is an that's kind of an alleyway.

There's a well in there, we own that property.

I I agree.

I'm gonna have to come back when I acquire uh Macon Jackson's property and James Gray property.

I'm gonna have to come back because there are there are E right now.

And I'm gonna have to come back and get those rezoned anyway.

So I don't have a problem with doing all three of those at the same time.

Um but the C one my intent, and I was told this by uh by someone at the city that um there's there's about right now on this on the recorder and the recorder's office.

There's I probably own about 170 parcels in that area.

There's a lot of them because of of those apartments that were there, they were condos.

So for me to consolidate or merge all those parcels into one parcel, which is what I want to do, I had to have them all rezoned the same.

And I think if I rezone part of them C2 and part of them C1, is that gonna preclude me from merging those all into one parcel?

It's an extra step.

So Seth Floyd for the record, uh again dealing with a hypothetical here, so I'll do my best to work with.

We got a lot of hypotheticals today.

Um if if the parcels on adjacent to MLK were rezoned to C one and the remainder on the west of Harvey Mumford were zoned C2, and there was a desire to combine those, you'd actually have a couple of steps.

You'd have to vacate Harvey Mumford because there's obviously a street in between right now.

And then yes, if those parcels were going to be combined from east to west of Harvey Mumford, they would have to be this we don't do split zoning, so you would have to bring those into the same zoning category.

But that would be several steps down the road.

So Mr.

Floyd, could that be done in one ask?

Could they come with a request for rezoning abandoning the street, the RE's that will be vacant and change those all to C2 and combining, can that all be done at once?

Is that the step?

Even though it's in pieces, it could still be done at one time.

Can you confirm that?

Yes, uh Seth Floyd for the record, yes, it could be done at one time as one parent application with several sub-applications, yes.

If they were all under common ownership, but we're still dealing, sir, uh Mr.

Floyd with the with the reality that the two corner pieces have other owners.

So you would the any company conglomeration of the land at this point would be excluding those two corner pieces, and we still have the resident that lives on the east side of Harvey Munford that you all have to deal with as well.

Right.

Which you have not I I'm going to may I assume that you all have not begun to have discussions with the I haven't reached out to them, no.

Yeah.

Right.

Well, so um I don't know what the design's gonna look like when we get to that to that point.

Um I've always envisioned MLK as being more of an entrance because I don't have any uh I probably won't live long enough to acquire AMPM and 7-Eleven.

You know, I don't have any uh there's no I I just don't think I can that that's gonna happen, right?

So those those pieces of property in between those two bookends, um I always looked at that area as more of an entrance to whatever the development's gonna be.

And so uh, and yes, I think that uh uh Harvey Mumford Street will be eventually vacated at some point, and um and uh and I haven't talked to the residents because I kind of think that if they want to go along with us, they'll eventually sell.

If they don't, they can stay there because they're on they're on the perimeter, they're right on MLK, and I don't really need their property to develop the rest of it.

But can I just say this though?

That family that is adjacent to the Chevron on the east on the south side of Martin Luther King, their only access is on Harvey Munford.

Yeah, they don't have an access for Martin Luther King.

So you're still going to have to, and and I'm a little surprised that you haven't talked to them.

Um and and I think I am by no means a perfect person.

I have plenty of faults, but I think that one thing that you will hear from my time here from the things that I learned when I was in the assembly um and the work that I've done in this community is that we have to talk to one another and and work collaboratively.

You're you without that family, without them talking, without you all communicating with them, now we have an issue with a vacation of Harvey Munford, because that's the only way they can get to the property.

I think we're putting the cart before the horse on the well, but I think but I think it's part of the overall, and that is there has to be communication.

There has to be consideration.

I'm trying to think look out for them and for Macon and Mr.

Mr.

Gray.

And I'm just I just think that having C one there on the Martin Luther King side, I think it's a fair compromise.

And not changing the little sliver.

Well, I think Seth mentioned that that could be done if we do C one on those properties that that would be an easy uh an easy fix if ever I needed him to be C2 with the rest of them.

Is that right?

And I'm sorry again, I was reading some notes uh on the the where I think this is headed.

Sorry.

Um I we talked about I think the mayor brought this up.

How hard would it be to um to move the C one into C2 if that became an issue with the development?

Um well I think that probably normally that would get evaluated at the site development review stage because when you had an actual project in front when the council had a project in front of you to review, you would be assessing the viability of changing that zoning at that time.

From a from a process perspective, it's fairly straightforward.

It's a rezoning application that would convert that from C one to C2.

Okay.

So before um we entertain a motion by Ms.

Summers Armstrong, you are here for a zoning change to C2.

That is why you are up in front of the city council today.

Is that correct?

Yes, ma'am.

All right.

I will be delighted to entertain a motion unless you have something else that you wish to bring up.

No, ma'am.

So my motion would be.

I can't see the uh that the properties on MLK be zoned for C one as opposed to C2.

That we go ahead and rezone the properties on the west of Harvey Munford, the corner lot.

And so right.

Yes.

Yes.

All to C2, because that is contiguous with what is to the left to the west of them.

That we leave the sliver between Mr.

Gray and Mr.

Jackson alone for now.

That would be my motion.

All right, so mayor, if if if I can add some parcel numbers to that, just so we're clear on which ones uh those apply to.

So and then I'm gonna get clarification from our city attorney, so go ahead.

Okay, sounds good.

So the C2 dropping that down to a C1 on MLK, those are parcel numbers 139-28, 304, 002, 003, and 004.

The parcels on the west side to the north of the residential property, uh, that would be rezoned from RE to C2 or 1392 eight, 303-001, 002, and 003.

And then the parcel that is going to be carved out, and I think that may be what you want to talk to the city attorney about, how to do that is the 13928-303-005, and the applicant could withdraw that from the request without prejudice, just as we did last time, or that could be denied as part of the approval of the other motions.

Do you care to accept the motion, or do you want to stick with C2?

Well, I would before we vote.

I would like to stick with C2, but I'm also a peacemaker.

I'd like to I'd like everybody to be happy when we walk out of here.

You know?

So but that's that's my decision is stick with the the C2 designation or or okay.

All right, let me uh Mr.

City Attorney, let me ask you something.

Yes.

Um for those of us that um uh want to uh approve the applicant's original uh request for C2, how do we vote on this motion?

We vote no on this motion and or yes if we want to have a split C1, C2.

Is that what I'm hearing?

So I know what I'm voting on.

Thank you, Mayor Jeff Dorkex, City Attorney.

The motion on the floor is for C1 on the East parcels, so that'll be the rezone to C1 and C2 on the west, basically, except the thin parcel will stay RE.

So if you want C2 for everything, you're gonna be voting no on this motion.

Um sir, what's your last name again?

I'm sorry.

Uh Mr.

Benson, were you did you want to stick with C2 you said, or was that a rhetorical when the mayor was asking you?

Were you open to the councilwoman's motion?

Well, I I I would like to stick with C2, to be honest with you.

Is that your final say I mean I I I couldn't tell if you were you are firm on that or if you were okay then yeah.

If you want C2, it would be a no on the motion.

If uh you're good with Councilwoman Armstrong's motion, it's a yes, of course.

Okay, repeat uh say that again.

If you'd like if you like the applicants C2, you'll be voting no on the motion.

If you're okay with uh Councilwoman Summers Armstrong's mixed C one and C2, you will vote yes on the motion.

Okay, in that case, a motion has been made.

Shall we vote?

Does this go back to that way?

Let me get the vote.

Okay.

She didn't get a voting pop-up.

May I get a voting pop-up?

I I can.

I'm gonna vote no on the motion.

And uh can we uh see the results of the vote?

Okay.

So mayor Jeff Dorcax, city attorney.

The motion has failed, so we are as chair.

You can now uh accept another motion.

Okay.

In that case, I guess it falls upon me.

Um I'd like to make a motion to approve the applicant's request for a C2 designation.

And that would be item 44 A through C.

Yes, sir.

Shall we vote?

I'm not gonna I'm a yes.

I messed you up, I'm sorry.

Yes.

The motion passes.

Thank you.

I hope not to see you for a while.

I know you won't, Mayor, I promise.

Good, but do me a favor.

Yes, sir.

I think it's time for you and uh the councilwoman to sit down, break bread, have a conversation so we could move forward because I believe eventually the this area is going to be developed in ways that I can't even begin to imagine.

Um you're not quite sure what you want to do, but it's gonna be essential that she's on board with you.

And um, and I think it's uh critical for the future of whatever you're gonna do here that uh you are working with the councilwoman, put whatever has happened in the past behind, and let us move forward as a city.

I agree with you 100%.

Thank you, and I'm sure the councilwoman does too.

Okay.

All right.

Um thank you very much.

We will now move to agenda item 45.

Set date on any appeals filed or required public hearings.

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

We'll do, thank you.

All righty.

Agenda item 46.

Citizens' participation.

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

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

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

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

It will be limited to two minutes.

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

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

Would you restate your name?

Yes, it's Shoshana, and I'm a resident.

And I wanted to continue on my uh request.

Actually, I'm gonna make it a request for the city to consider separating religion from government meetings.

Um and again, the source of our invocations that we do here is the Bible.

And if we're gonna continue to worship this book, I'm gonna continue to explain it.

So I'm gonna continue to read scripture to you.

In the book of Deuteronomy, if no proof of the young woman's virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

Book of Samuel.

Now go attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them.

Do not spare them.

Put to death.

Men and women, children and infants and cattle and sheep, camels, and donkeys.

In the book of Hosea, because they have rebelled against their God, they will fall by the sword.

Their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.

In Deuteronomy, the fruit of your womb will be cursed.

And God said to women, I will make your pains in childbearing very severe.

With painful labor, you will give birth to children.

In Genesis.

And the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from the assailant.

And she reaches out and grabs his testicles and penis.

Otherwise known as his private parts, you shall cut off her hand.

I have a feeling I know which sex wrote that.

Okay, almost down here.

Therefore, the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

Those again mean their private parts.

That's in the book of Isaiah.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by being with men, um, they called those women prostitutes, which they call women prostitutes a lot, and profanes her father, she will be burned with fire.

That is in Leviticus.

Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, ox, sheep, and asses in the edge with the edge of the sword.

Thank you so much.

Your two minutes.

Again, I'm supporting the separation of church and state.

Thank you for listening, and thank you for learning.

Our pleasure.

Thank you so much.

We'll now move to item 47.

Oh, yes.

Hello.

Please state your name for the record.

My name's Alan Snell.

Um, I live here in Las Vegas.

Um, I have a book here too.

Uh it's called Bicycle Man.

I wrote bicycle man about my life as a bicyclist uh in the United States.

I've bicycled across the country twice by myself.

I have bicycled uh in every major city I've lived in, from New York to South Florida to Tampa, Seattle, Denver.

And I'm here to urge the city council to take some steps to really improve the bicycle safety, the pedestrian safety uh in your roads here.

Uh I was just talking with a friend of mine who is kind of uh alter ego mine.

He's also bicycled around the country a lot, and we both agreed that Clark County, Las Vegas.

I hate to break the news to you, you have really some of the most dangerous roads to ride a bicycle on here.

And the reason is that you you don't have the kind of infrastructure that I see in most cities your size across the country.

You need an integrated paved trail network of paths across the city.

Uh, you need protected bike lanes.

These are common.

These are not um really that radical.

Uh I've been informed that your city has paid $800,000 to an engineering firm in Henderson to c to work on a vision zero program.

This really is not very new.

It's an extension of the kind of safe streets mentality that you've all heard of for years and years and years.

And I'm here to tell you I'm gonna I'm done with the words.

Start building the infrastructure.

There were nine pedestrians killed from January 1st to February 17th in your Las Vegas Metro district.

Um Las Vegas ranks at the 29th percentile in terms of bicycling in the United States, and that's based on a study done by people for bikes who look at 2,901 cities.

You came in at 2,043.

These are horrible ratings, horrible rankings.

It's not a it's not a I mean, it's it's a public safety issue, and I would like to uh I use my bicycle's transportation in your city.

I'd like to survive, and I'd like to get to places alive, but it's more than even that.

I mean, it's part of a broader issue here in Las Vegas, Clark County about um about health, education, livability, quality of life that is hurting you folks.

And here's the beautiful thing: you've you're in the position to make change.

You can make this a priority.

You have staff, you have a public relations staff.

They can work on campaigns to make bicycling, to make walking, to make our road safer if you choose to.

Clark County can do the same.

I would suggest that there be a special panel brought together from Clark County and the city to work together and make this a priority.

Job one.

The sad thing is that these deaths will continue.

That's the bad news.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Snell.

Appreciate it.

Okay.

Is there anybody else that wishes to speak?

In that case, we will go to agenda item 47.

Council emerging issues, discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas or awards.

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

Yes, Mr.

Knudson.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mr.

Jensen.

I just wanted to make sure that we put a pin in it on the conditional use permits and the special use permits and our relationship with the state and the community development staff have already done a great job of outlining the impacts it's having on the city.

Yeah, uh Mayor Prokem check your emails.

Uh I responded to you.

We were already on that.

Uh there is a representative at a specific state agency who oversees that program.

And so Seth is in the process of setting up a meeting so that we can start that conversation to identify why we're having this gap issue where they approve them without taking us into consideration.

I won't go back and forth, but real quick.

The um I'm meeting with her boss in next week, and it'd be great to identify some of my key recommendations that the city could make because the entire DHHS team is brand new into their roles.

Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

Can I add really quick, Mayor?

Um, because I don't know if this is just the vein and the focal point of the children care um child care kind of, but I've seen it also pop up in the ward when it's a drug rehab um home, group home, also elderly group homes, and it seems like they all get licensed by the state, but there's no step at the beginning of the process from the state to engage with us to ensure that it is the appropriate space and place for them to do that type of business, or to even check if we already have one in place, because sometimes we have an elderly group home or a drug and substance abuse group home, and another youth wants to come in, and it they're already conflicted out from the get-go, but they've never checked with us, so they don't they can't hear this, and then they make the investment, and then it's really hard to backtrack it.

So I just want to make sure that we dial in on the different types of group homes, the state is blessing and ensure that they do shore up their process to be more inclusive of us on the front end versus the back end.

No, to councilwoman.

Our intent is to cover it from soup to nuts uh because as we've seen over the last few months, a number of different types of group home uses has resulted in some challenges where folks have the um uh thought that they're good to go and come to find out they're not.

So we want to try to solve that uh situation, and I think the next level of conversation we're having is gonna start that ball.

Thank you so much.

Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

So I also am going to uh weigh in on this issue.

Um, and I think that um we need to figure out once we have these conversations if there is a need for some type of a legislative solution.

Um, because in my ward it's the same thing.

Um we have group homes, we have congregate living.

Um this is part of the reason, in my opinion, why we are struggling um so mightily in ward five to get development is because we have uh all of these um services are compacted in such a small space, um, and we just can't seem to get clarity.

And so I I agree with my comrades, my colleagues that this is an issue that needs to be addressed, and if it requires a legislative uh solution, this is the time for us to start to um address it.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Uh let me ask um, and I don't know who to direct it to, but I've received uh I know Shoshana was here at the beginning and at the end uh mentioning separation of church and state and um citing many passages from the Bible that honestly I'm unfamiliar with.

Um is there any appetite to have a discussion about whether we should continue with a daily prayer to start our um uh city council meetings?

Uh if there's no appetite, then obviously I wouldn't pursue it.

I'm just wondering what my colleagues think about that, and I don't think we obviously aren't going to discuss it here, but it's something that I think should be um uh collectively decided.

I know this is history and tradition that we do this.

Um is that the desire of the city council?

So just for the future discussion, perhaps.

Okay, thank you so much.

Agenda item 48.

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.

Let us start with Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh, just want to go quickly through.

We've had, as always, very busy month.

Uh this 18th of uh February, we hosted our principals round table at Democracy Prep Academy.

We had 18 schools represented from Ward 5.

We had a wonderful presentation from the West Las Vegas Library, College of Southern Nevada, and our Marshalls.

And we are the group is also working proactively on what kinds of things we need to be addressing that may need legislative uh intervention so that we can have better outcomes as a group in Ward 5.

On the 6th of February, uh we had Salon Talk that was hosted at Expertise Cosmetology.

This is an event that's put on by the Southern Nevada uh health district.

Uh it's sort of a uh very cool and unique way of getting women together to talk about issues that have to do with women's health.

And we talked about heart health, um, diabetes, high blood pressure, and and we had a wonderful panel of really, really smart women, uh doctors and nurse practitioners and gave wonderful information.

And I just want to say again, uh, Amina Harvey, this is a wonderful event.

You did a great job, and thank you so much to Miss Gwen Brahma, who is the um owner of expertise for hosting us, and I look forward to next year's um event.

On February the 9th, uh I was invited by uh Lewis Jordan, who's the executive director of uh the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority and Kathy Thomas, who's the chief housing officer to be on a radio show that they host called Living Room Sessions by the SNRHA.

What was really amazing about this is that all of the previous council members, my predecessors were all there, and we talked about the history and the um the from the uh West Las Vegas plan document, how that morphed into the 100 plan and then into the 100 plan in action and and just how we have this history of doing our best to try and um bring good development principles and ideas uh into historic West Las Vegas, and we had a great time.

It's online, you can listen to it.

Uh I think it is already.

And um, I'm just I'm grateful to um the this the sponsors and to my predecessors, Lawrence Weekly, Ricky Barlow, and Cedric Creer uh for hanging out with me for an hour.

We had a great time.

February 11th, we joined uh Commissioner McCurdy and the Clark County Parks and Recreation Department uh for heroes in the 106.

Um, those honored were Dr.

Reverend Dr.

Kelsey West, the West Las Vegas Arts Center, Trina Giles, um, Paul Collins and Dr.

Al Gourieer.

It was a beautiful event, lots and lots of folks, good food, and it was an amazing event.

On the 12th, um, I uh uh went over to Parsons Elementary, joined by um Julius Lightfoot, who always makes sure I get to these things and has tissue because inadvertently I cry when I talk to the students about um just how they um how their dreams are important and that their path is is a righteous path for them to um to pursue.

We had a lot of fun.

Fifth graders are hilarious.

Um the 13th, we had a Valentine's Day luncheon and bingo at Doolittle.

Uh that Active Adult Center is active.

Uh we line danced, my line legs were killing me when it was over.

Uh we had lots of cookies and sweets, and I just want to say thanks, Miss Stephanie, for helping put this on.

Thanks to Clark Law Group for your added um treats and gifts.

Um the bingo was hilarious.

We had a lot of fun.

The 14th, uh, we were at the Springs Preserve.

Um, just an amazing yearly event.

Uh, got Mr.

Armstrong to buy me a really cool jacket.

I should have worn it today.

Um, and I we hung out with uh the Bolden officers.

We shared a table.

Uh there were so many beautiful acts.

Our local talent was there, churches, individuals.

We had opera by Christian Shelton.

Um, it was just amazing to see um the community come together to just celebrate black history.

Um, also um on that same afternoon, I dashed over to the West Las Vegas Art Center and uh watched Sachmo Sings for Women.

Uh the history of uh Sachimo I'm now at Lewis Armstrong and his life story.

It was a wonderful presentation, and we're just proud of the arts that are happening in the community.

So quickly, what's coming up?

We have the Love on Jackson Block Party, February 21st.

Um no tickets are needed, but certainly uh if you uh want to participate, we really would love to have you.

Last year was amazing.

It's gonna be great again this year.

That is the 21st, which is this Saturday from noon to 3.

Music, food, uh, resources, entertainment, farmers market.

Come out to the neighborhood and enjoy Jackson Street.

Don't forget seniors if and folks who have limited income.

If you need your taxes done, the volunteer income tax assistance program is in full swing.

Please make an appointment.

There are locations throughout the valley where you can get your taxes done.

This is important to keep you out of Dutch with those three letters the I, the R, and the S.

And it's also a great way to ensure that your identity is not being misused when you get your taxes done.

Uh Splash spring break, March 16th through the 20th, uh, put on by Parks and Rec.

Uh, we have a Patriot Park cleanup on the 28th of February.

Um, and then finally, my awesome team.

Thank you, Ara, Nora, Julius, um, for all your hard work.

They are available, folks, for assistance at 702-229-5443 or at ward five at Las Vegas Nevada.gov.

And please sign up for our newsletter.

That way you can get all of our information.

We have links to our um Access Las Vegas show and all the information worth printing.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you.

Um, Miss Alan Palenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

On Thursday, February 5th, I had the opportunity to tour the new One Safe Place campus.

The One Safe Place is a centralized location for domestic violence survivors.

Uh, it's a survivor center hub that supports individual and families that are affected by domestic violence.

By bringing key services together in one location, it provides coordinated support, safety, and resources to help survivors reclaim stability and a home life.

Thanks to Liz Ortenberger for inviting me to come tour this incredible One Safe campus.

Uh I look forward to it serving many, many people in our city.

Next up on Saturday, February 7th, I attended the Korean New Korean Lunar New Year celebration.

We gathered to welcome the new year of the horse and to honor traditions that have been passed down for generations.

They were performances that highlighted the cultural significance of the holiday.

It was a very fun way to celebrate a new beginning filled with hope, prosperity, and joy.

On Thursday, February 12th, the mayor and I had the pleasure of visiting the Rita Dean and Abbey Art Museum in the to be precise in the County Island of Ward Floor, just about a block away.

Every piece in this museum was created by Rita Dean and Abbey herself, and it was truly incredible to see all of her works in one place.

Walking through the galleries, you can feel the intention and passion behind everything she created.

We are grateful to receive a private tour from executive director Laura Sanders, who shared meaningful insight into the vision behind the museum.

Thank you to the mayor for taking the time to attend the museum with me.

Next up, Friday, February 13th, we hosted a Dazzle Prom.

And it was truly a magical evening.

From beginning to end, Dazzle Prom brought together individuals with diverse abilities for a night filled of music, dancing, games, and unforgettable memories.

A big heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make the night possible.

It was very volunteer heavy run.

Because of you, Dazzle Prom was not only fun and memorable, but meaningful in every way.

Next up, there are 11 missing teens from our community.

If you have any information that could help bring these children home, please contact LVMPD Missing Person Detail at 702-828-3111.

Children, there are always there's always a free bus ride home on the other end of that phone call.

And lastly, you can stay up to date with all the community news, updates, upcoming events and happenings in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, and X or the old-fashioned way at 702-229-2524.

We are always here to provide any assistance that we can.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you very much.

Mayor Pro Tin.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

It is National Library Lovers Month.

And I was gonna point out the fact that I bring my kids twice a week to the West Charleston Library and the people there do an amazing job taking care of us and taking care of everybody who visits.

And there is time to enter to win great prizes from the Las Vegas Clark County Library District through February 28th.

All you need is a library card.

So stop in and visit the library or go to the library district.org for more details.

And we have an upcoming bruise with Brian.

It's on Saturday, February 28th from 9 to 10.

It's at the Bronze Cafe, located at Buffalo Drive and Smoke Ranch Road.

If you'd like to go, please uh let us know you're gonna come and we'll be ready for you.

Thanks, Mayor.

No, thank you so much.

Before I call on Councilman Diaz, I think it's appropriate to acknowledge the life and passing of civil rights leader, uh, the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

He made a huge impact on the civil rights movement and will be remembered uh as a lasting legacy for millions and millions of Americans whose life were whose lives were improved because of his efforts on their behalf.

And with that, Councilwoman Diaz.

So well deserved, and the struggle and the fight still continue, Mayor.

Yes, indeed.

Um, um, let's see.

My first slide, I just want to do a two for one, highlight the amazing cleanup efforts that get outdoors Nevada does citywide and ward three.

We tackled the Cedar Trail, and um, there was lots of different things that we needed to do along that trail, a lot of graffiti abatement, a lot of uh micro trash pickup, and um we did a really awesome job that day.

So thank you to all the volunteers.

And uh just want to put a plug for our upcoming next event with Get Outdoors Nevada at JC Community Park, and it's going to be the native habitat maintenance day, Friday, March 6th from 9 to noon.

So if you're available, come on down and we'll take your helping hands.

Wanted to let everyone know that Manny's beloved food truck has now expanded into a brick and mortar location in adjacent to the arts district.

Um, so I know everyone follows his Olay Manny seafood um truck, and uh now he has a location at 61 West Utah Avenue, suite 121.

So if you know where I wanna coffee is, they're right adjacent I wanna.

I hope that you guys can stop by and support this local favorite.

Um used to be a partner with Bahamar, but now has his own spot.

On February 11th, Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada had their media day, and I was invited back for a second occasion to sample more of their delicious selections of cookies.

And um obviously we want to highlight Explore Moors as their newest variety.

Um I was very impressed by um the goals that many of these Girl Scouts have to sell their cookies, so I want to push to everyone.

Please buy from them.

A lot of them are seniors hoping to make income to cover their senior trip.

Um, one of them said she wants to sell 5,000 boxes of cookies in this season.

I was like, you go girl.

Um so please, please, please support our local Girl Scout troops by buying your their cook uh their cookies.

On February 11th, I also had the opportunity to congratulate our very own Las Vegas Fire and Rescue team for obtaining their ACE accreditation.

It's the highest distinction for fire and emergency communications centers, certifying top-tier performance, rigorous quality control, and adherence to international standards.

So basically, what it means is when we call 911, there's a fire-related emergency.

We're doing awesome work in expediting the call and the swiftness with which we're responding and providing basically while responders arrive, also um help uh via the phone.

Thank you to our fires communications chief Craig Nick Nimskern and his 90-strong dispatch team for working around the clock and ensuring that our community is taken care of at their most pressing direction.

February 12th, um, the mayor and I had the amazing opportunity to stop by Main Street Provisions and declare it Ellie Parker Day.

So who is Ellie Parker?

She is a chef there at Main Street Provisions, and she won uh Hell's Kitchen Battle of the States.

Uh I think it's the 24th competition, and she represented Vegas amazingly.

Um, and so we were so so happy to meet her family and to know that she is a CCSD graduate, went to Northwest Career and Technical Academy, and she's shining so bright and bringing lots of people down to Vegas to try her food.

And for those of you that are foodies, she's actually uh offering at Main Street Provisions the dishes that she cooked on the show.

So you get to sample uh how she won the title.

Just want to put uh awareness out there in the community.

There's going to be a grant information session for artists and arts and culture organizations on February 18th, 5:30 to 6:30 at East Las Vegas Community Center.

So stop on by and get that free information from the Nevada Arts Council.

Also want to highlight that we're having a community baby shower at East Las Vegas Community Center in partnership with Southern Nevada Health District.

It's Thursday, February 19th from 9 a.m.

to noon.

And again, East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 Northeastern.

So it's tomorrow.

Expecting mothers are invited to stop by and learn about the many amazing resources and services provided for prenatal care, educational presentations for safe sleep, child passenger safety, and there will be a diaper giveaway.

So don't miss that because diapers are so expensive.

All right, next one, 18B Arts District Parking Meeting.

I know it's taken a minute for us to convene the community, but it's was a matter of making sure that everyone could make it and get the word out there.

So we will be meeting at Third Street Performing Arts Theater, uh 814 South Third Street, Tuesday, February 24th, 6 to 7 p.m.

So please, please, please, if you have solution-oriented ideas, we'd love to hear them at this meeting.

Um, March 12th, we have an opening reception, rhythm and resilience at Las Vegas Civic Center Gallery.

Um, and this explores African American life in Las Vegas from the arrival of its first black resident through the 1980s, tracing the impacts of racial barriers while celebrating the achievements that shape the city's characters.

So the exhibition invites everyone to reflect on the enduring legacy of the African American community and its lasting influence on our identity as Vegas.

So the exhibition is curated by Carmen Beals and narrated by Glate Clay T.

White.

You never want to miss when Clay T is narrating.

Uh exhibition opens March 12th and closes August 20th, 2026.

Um, we'll just do a quick little shout out for our commissioners doing great work.

Um Commissioner Sagerbloom and McCurdy are doing basics of business licensing.

Join them at East Las Vegas Library Tuesday, April 14th, 6 to 7:30, free food.

Um, but most importantly, it's so important to kind of learn the step-by-step process to obtain a business license and do it properly before you're cited.

Last is just uh utility tax rebate, uh sewer rebate program reminder.

It does end March 3rd.

That's coming very, very closely.

Reach out to East Las Vegas Community Center or StuPac Community Center, and they'll fill you in on how you apply.

And that's it for me, Mayor.

Last slide is just how folks can get a hold of us with any concerns or any celebrations.

Thank you so much.

Uh thank you so much.

Uh, Councilwoman Kelly.

Thank you, Mayor.

We're thrilled in Ward 2 to continue our outreach.

We uh toured the ward with uh Arts Commissioner Craig Gollotti, and one of the things we're gonna be doing at the Veterans Memorial Center.

Uh that's standing with Craig and I is the amazing Nicole Korwitz, who is one of our unsung heroes.

We have so many in our community centers who deliver so great, so many great activities and services to our group.

Uh, but we're gonna be putting some public art in there, and we're very excited about that.

Um we're also partnering with Wards 2 Park Commissioner Chair Richard Beckard to explore additional public art opportunities in our park.

So I love that we've got two commissioners that are going to be working together on the issue.

I also toured Growing Minds Preschool Academy and saw firsthand the important work they're doing for children.

Not only do they have um early care and preschool, but they also go K through eight.

So it's it's pretty amazing what they're doing, and they're continuing to grow.

I was I'm excited to um in honor of Black History Month and as a former Chamber of Commerce CEO to help celebrate Black History Month by recognizing the Urban Chamber of Commerce.

Uh, they were founded July 7th in 1980 as the Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce and was created to promote the development and advancement of Black owned businesses and small businesses throughout the city.

I've had uh a great I had many opportunities to work with the Urban Chamber throughout my chamber years, and I'm super proud to say that one of its founding uh members, uh Dr.

Bob Bailey, uh any of you who are lucky enough to know Bob uh was such a delight in our community, one of their founding former members and one of my early board members at the Las Vegas Chamber who is part of my early career.

In 1997, the organization became the Urban Chamber of Commerce, continuing its mission of advocacy, economic empowerment, and business development.

So just congratulating the hard work that the Urban Chamber of Commerce does in our community.

And we've got another uh upcoming mobile business hours and neighborhood office hours that'll be held at the Veterans Community Center.

I I meet more people who who come to that center saying, I didn't even know it was here.

And so it's the only community center in Ward 2.

It's a wonderful one, and we'll be there on February 19th from 9 to 11.

So stop in, say hello uh if you have an issue.

We have staff there, and we'd love to talk to you about uh your experience in our community and in Ward 2.

And then we have um uh finally we I I really was I've always been inspired by the pictures of your staff, and so we I felt we found one.

And so here's my terrific staff, Christina Tahahe and Samantha Burgess and Christina Dugan.

Uh we call them Christina One and Two because Christina One came first.

Um, but you can contact us at any time at the number on the screen at 229-2420 or email us at ward two at Los Vegas Nevada.gov.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman Kelly, and this council city council meeting is now adjourned.