Good morning.

I now call the April 7th, 2026 Neighborhood Partners Fund Board meeting to order.

Um has this meeting been properly noticed and posted in compliance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law.

Yes, Chair, it has.

Thank you so much.

Um, and um we can now move on to the roll call.

And I do want to note I know that at least one person is going to be late, so can we mark them present when they arrive?

Yes, Chair, I will.

Chair Becker.

Here.

Vice Chair Tramp, excused.

Member Flank.

Here.

Member Lindsey.

Here.

Member Churchill.

Excused.

Member Laris.

Excused.

Member Lescano.

Excused.

Member Estrada.

Here.

Member Goodsell.

Member Wong.

Member Travino.

Here.

Member Tahahe.

Member.

Oh, I'm sorry, Chair.

Thank you.

You have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

All right.

So we can move on to item three on the agenda for public comment.

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

If you wish to be heard, please come forward and give your name for the record.

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

Do I see anyone here for public comment?

All right.

Seeing none, I will close item three and move on to item four.

Today we will be hearing presentations on the neighborhood partners fund board grant program, applications submitted by the Huntridge Neighborhood Association, Lakeside Village Homeowners Association, Manetta Lane Homeowners Association, Mayfair Neighborhood Association, Palomino Gardens Homeowners Association, the Rainbow Family Park Homeowners Association, Rock Springs Vista Three Homeowners Association, West Side Community Neighborhood Association, and Winchester Maintenance Corporation.

And so our first presenter today is going to be the Huntridge Neighborhood Association.

Do we have someone from Huntridge here?

Excellent.

So you can take a seat at the table there and state your name.

If you have anything to hand to us, you can give it to the city employees.

Otherwise, you will begin when you're ready.

And you'll have five minutes and then five more minutes for questions after.

Okay.

And I'm Ashley Lee with the Crestwood Neighborhood Association.

Hi again, here to support Kelly.

So you have heard this presentation a couple times already.

And it's going to be a joint day of action.

The first one was a party in Circle Park, which we also brought in Crestwood.

So that was the first time that the neighbors had kind of collaborated.

And it was really awesome.

And then the next one, we had a plant party.

We collaborated with Mayfair.

Mayfair was actually going to, but they are applying for something else.

So it's really cool because this is the first time we've got like three neighborhoods working together.

And it's gonna be a day of action and part it has three phases.

So the first one is gonna be dog waste stations that we want to install, and they're gonna be made by a local artist from Beverly Green.

Um so we're gonna spend um time installing those, and then the second phase is a day of action for cleaning the neighborhoods.

Um this is all still kind of vague because it's so far out, but we're gonna work with the the neighborhoods and decide how we want to go about cleaning and whatnot.

And then after the cleaning, we're gonna have a big um party at Circle Park.

So, like I said, here's the dog stations, these are what the um stations will look like.

Um Randy Mendray lives in Beverly Green and he makes these really cool sculptures.

Um, and then the cleanup and the volunteers that come to clean will get a wristband for the event later that evening.

Um, and we'll have ways for people that can't make it to the cleaning to get a wristband too.

And then so Huntridge in this um between the three of the neighborhoods, we're kind of leading the charge for the live performances and volunteer food.

Um so we've got some again, we haven't booked anyone yet because we don't have a date yet, but we have you know, ideas of who to book, and we've got um food vendors that have committed um old Manny's Yukon Pizza, the cookie bar, and we've got some DJs, so it's just gonna be a really fun event um at the park to celebrate all the neighborhoods coming together and the cleanup and the dog waste stations, and it's just gonna be really really cool.

Awesome, thank you so much.

It's been really nice to see all of your connected opportunities.

Yeah, we're very fortunate.

Actually, a lot of us have known each other for really long time, and then and I don't know why we haven't collaborated together more.

So this is really cool to kind of see it come to fruition.

Thank you.

Are there any questions from board members?

Yes, go ahead.

Board member Strata.

Can you explain the donation amount, please?

I'm seeing um from the Hunt Ridge.

The uh 501c.

Which one are you asking about?

Uh donation one, two, and three.

I don't know if I can see what you're looking at.

Whoops.

Yeah, yeah.

Yes, sorry.

Is there a way to put it on the screen?

I can't see what you're looking at, but I know there's some in-kind donations from the sculptor Randy Mendray and from the Friends of Huntridge Park, which is um a nonprofit that um is run by Freddie from Crestwood.

Um you have a specific question about it or well, basically the uh basically the amount is 4500.

So I don't see it in the uh in-kind donations.

Is there a way to put it up on the screen or this is Chair Becker?

I'm not sure.

I can read what it says here because I think what Member Estrata is looking at is there's three documents um that show donation pledges from Friends of Huntridge Park.

The one I'm looking at says $1,500 from Alexander Stabler.

And then apologies.

Okay.

The second one is also $1,500 apologies.

I think it adds up to $4,500.

So there's three $1,500 donations, it looks like that are listed under donation one, two, and three under donation pledge letters.

So I think Member Estrada is just asking, like, what is being donated?

Um is that what you're asking, Member Estrada?

Yes.

Okay, thank you.

And then the um effort of friends of Huntridge Park to get to do all the permitting and all of that sort of stuff is being donated.

I'd have to look at it.

Um I don't remember off the top of my head exactly.

This is Joaska from Neighborhood Services.

I can ask her to come look at my screen.

Okay.

Member Goodself for the record.

If you look on um the second document, I believe it clarifies some of it.

It indicates that the this donation includes event permitting liability insurance, park access coordination, vendor network management, and day of event operation support is part of the at least one of the $1,500 in kind.

Okay.

I'm sorry, that was donation number three line that had that information.

Yes, so we um did not upload the um estimate for the sculptures, which would be three thousand in kind, and then the fifteen hundred in kind would be from the Friends of Hunterge Park.

So I don't know how I can adjust that or okay.

This is Chairbecker.

Thank you.

Does that answer your question, Member Estrada?

Yes, thank you.

Okay, perfect.

Um, and then I believe there's a technical difficulty with member flank's computer.

She's not able to log in and see um the Zoom grants.

Would it be acceptable for her to switch chairs to get to a different computer?

Um, and then the other question um that member flank brought up is the a permission letter uh to check it.

So I'm gonna click on that since she can't um get her computer working right now.

I think we just want to make sure the permission letter is there.

Okay, yes, that looks like that everything is there for that.

Is that what you wanted to know?

So this Joasca from neighborhood services.

If the board wanted to request for her to send that to me, that um invoice for the or the estimate for the sculpture, then she's able to send it to me, and then I can send it to board.

Okay, perfect.

Yes, we would request just to make sure that all the documentation for the specific amounts gets sent over because we have our next meeting on the 20th of April, and we just want to make sure everybody has their paperwork in.

So several different organizations yesterday also had some paperwork they had to send in.

So not a problem there, but I think that's it for me.

Are there any other members with questions?

All right, thank you so much.

I think you so much.

Yes, have a good one.

All right, so the next organization on the agenda is Lakeside Village Homeowners Association.

All right, great.

Feel free to come up to the table, make yourself comfortable.

You can introduce yourself, and if you have things to hand out, um, a staff member can get that to us.

And then once we're ready to go, you can begin when you're ready, and you'll have five minutes to present, and then we'll have five minutes for questions.

My name is Barty Ferrero.

I'm from Lakeside Village.

I'm one of the HOA board members.

And we made a packet to tell you what we're looking for.

We are looking to update our community monument signs outside the community entrance.

Currently, they say the wrong thing.

They say Brookview.

We're Lakeside Village, so we've we have everything in this package that you'll want to see what the new signs will look like for the grant usage.

There'll be two new signs that'll replace the one Brookview sign, which will be removed.

Uh we're looking to refresh our pool decking currently.

It's not cool decking, it's very hot to walk on.

They submitted uh the uh bids to do that.

We're also looking to refresh the rock on our outside entrance, as you see in the pictures.

The black underlayment is showing through, so we want to have that refresh so it makes a nicer look.

Uh, we have a wonderful community.

We have a lot of volunteers, many people in the community volunteer on our projects that we do.

Recently, we did our outside gates, we repainted them.

Many volunteers.

You'll see in the pictures all the volunteers that came to do it.

We do stucco repairs on the pool housing.

We clear pine cones, whatever needs to be done.

We we do the uh the gutters, we sweep them for easy pickup, and we bag that up.

There's more pictures of volunteers here.

We built a community library with our last grant.

We laid a uh cement foundation, plus we we put up a metal library where it's take a book, leave a book, and that's all done with volunteers.

We have uh security cameras on that, and that works out real nice.

We like to we love to get the grant to benefit our community, and that's about everything else that we're looking for right now.

There's any questions, I'd be happy to answer them for you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Member Goodsell for the record.

Um, I just have a question for you regarding your reserve studies.

Um I'm over here.

They put another end.

That end I'm the app cast.

I need a little sign.

Um, I just have a query about your reserve studies as an HOA.

Do you have reserves to um sufficient reserves to maintain these um common areas?

Or are you yes?

So are you using any of the reserve funds?

Yes, we're gonna match the fund, whatever.

If we get the ten thousand dollar grant, we'll be putting ten thousand in as well out of our reserve.

Okay, yes.

Okay, thank you.

And that's through Taylor Management.

Thank you.

Um, this is Chair Becker.

Can I request that we take a very brief recess until we can get um member flank onto Zoom grants because she has some questions and she can't get into the computer?

Yeah, we can.

Thank you.

Can we get a city staff member to try to figure this out?

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay, this is Chairbecker.

We can be back in order.

I apologize.

Um the computers all worked correctly yesterday.

So I believe Member Flank has a question um about the project budget.

Thank you.

Um the question I had about the project budget.

It had to do with the um board donation, which is fifty five eighty.

Is that a cash donation that's coming directly from your HOA?

Yes.

Oh, okay.

And it was uh approved and signed by uh your club president.

Our board, yes.

Uh Curtis is his name.

Curtis Featner, yes, man.

Also, um your presentation, it said something about a name change.

Yes, that's on the monument signs out in front.

Currently it says the wrong thing.

It's on here.

It says Brooke View.

Which was one of the original names when it was created back in the late eighties.

And the actual name is Lakeside Village, so we want to replace with two new sites, one on each end of the circular driveway, so people don't get confused or looking for Lakeside.

They pull in and they see this brook view, and it makes no sense to them.

Yeah, I think I'm kind of familiar with that area.

Um, how big is your community?

Because she had a map.

Uh, and there I was just kind of wondering how big is the community.

It's eighty-nine homes.

Three streets.

And it will be two signs, correct?

Two signs.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Any other board member questions?

Member Wong?

Um, I'm uh board member Wong.

So I'm looking at your donations pledge letter, and I do see the seven hundred dollar signed off by Curtis V tra V Trent for seven um for professional services.

But you had mentioned earlier that the HOA would uh match the grant amount for ten thousand, but I don't see that in in your paperwork.

Is it in there?

No, t uh Curtis was a charge of that.

He's on the board as well.

But uh, if we were to be given the grant for ten thousand, we were told we would need to spend ten thousand with volunteer hours plus money.

Oh, oh, so the ten thousand is not a ten thousand cash donation match that also consists of the volunteer hours.

It does.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you for clarifying.

No problem.

Uh excuse me, Councilmember Goodsell for the record.

So just by way of clarification, how many dollars are you anticipating will actually be used out of your reserve studies for this project?

Probably about 6,500 to 7,000.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other member questions?

Yes, go ahead.

Board members, can the board request uh a pledge letter for for that amount?

We currently don't have a pledge letter for uh the cash donation.

Okay, I will see Curtis when I get back and I will get one at our next board meeting.

Uh Joshua Neighborhood Services, if you can send that to me.

Right here.

Hi.

I'm looking at all I know.

If you could send that to me as soon as possible, then I will let the board um know once I received it.

Okay.

Where do I get your information from?

I'll give it to you now.

Okay, thank you very much.

All right.

Seeing no more questions, I think that's it.

Thank you so much for your presentation.

Um, and yeah, just work with you Haska to get those things in, and then we will see you in a couple weeks.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

That's my email.

Okay.

All right.

And so our next homeowners association we'll be seeing is the Maneta Lane Homeowners Association.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah, you can go with Yohaska.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Yes, have a good day.

And then for Manette Lane, if you have anything that you would like hand it out, uh, you can give it to staff.

Otherwise, everything was in the uh presentation that I've got to do.

Perfect.

Okay.

These are my don't forget stuff.

Excellent.

You can take a seat there, introduce yourself for the record, um, and then you'll have five minutes to present and five minutes for questions.

And just a reminder before anyone speaks, if you say your name for the record, it makes it easier when they take it.

Understood.

Thank you.

Okay, thanks.

Good morning, everybody.

My name is Richard Bowles, and I'm here to do the presentations for Maneta Lane's uh entry gate safety and security project.

I'm the project manager.

I also function as a uh a board member for the community as well.

Um as stated uh in all the information that's been provided, sorta.

Uh we are in ward five.

Uh we were established uh around 1999, year 2000.

Uh we're at the intersection of North Michael Way and Vegas Drive, and uh we have 90 units.

Uh the entry gate safety and security uh project is uh intended to enhance both the safety and security of our community.

Uh currently the system that we have is over a quarter century old.

It hasn't been updated, and uh we've basically been putting uh bubblegum and spit on it to keep it together.

And uh it's been subject to quite a bit of abuse in that period.

I have a photo and perhaps you've already seen it uh to demonstrate that.

Uh access codes right now are uh have proliferated way beyond the uh the community member.

We've had a lot of turnover, our demographics have changed, and uh in particular, uh what's very disturbing and what presents a liability for the community is that uh we've had uh kids that have somehow not living in the neighborhood, but kids who have obtained the access codes and come in and use our pool.

And uh of course the liability, if it's not obvious, is tremendous in that respect if they get injured or worse.

Uh so part of this uh intent of the project is to mitigate that.

We harbor no uh illusions that we're going to totally eliminate unauthorized access, but we're certainly hoping hoping to uh to mitigate it.

And uh there are no control mechanisms currently in place uh uh at the system's point to where we can control access, and uh this system hopes to uh alleviate that and correct that.

Uh the system that we are hoping to put in place uh is capable of uh recording photos and videos of the individuals who are attempting to access the community.

That's something that we do not have the capacity to do right now.

Uh, we're also going to be able to monitor the frequency of individual access.

Uh the reason why that's important is that if we have someone uh someone's code being used uh 10, 20 times during a day, uh it's a cause for concern for us.

Uh normally in the normal course of business, people do not have to go in and out of the community uh on average that many times a day, and we can possibly look at it and see if there's something going on.

Maybe there's other complaints that have come in from the neighboring units that you know we need to address.

In addition, the the new system enables us to disable access codes.

So as I will uh point out in the next slide, uh we have uh a magic code, and the magic code, as we've come to find out, belong to a vendor who no longer uh works for us.

And uh just about everybody has it.

Um myself on a personal level.

Uh I came in one evening, my battery and my remote entry died, and I was out there on the keep keypad and my code went work.

Well, this truck pulled in uh behind me, and the kind gentleman got out and says, Oh, just press, you know, the code, and I pressed it and I got in, and I'm all like, hmm, I wonder if that guy even lives here.

But so anyway, uh, when we see activity like that, we're gonna be able to disable the code code, or if we change vendors, for example, go from one landscaper to another for whatever reason, we can basically uh eliminate that code without you know uh any trouble and with the maximum efficiency.

And again, these control mechanisms are intended to deter uh unauthorized entry.

Um a unique feature to this project is that all of the community members are going to be involved in the uh the quality control aspect of it.

Uh what we've done differently this time is that we've identified and asked for individuals living in the respective buildings.

Now we have 15 buildings on the property.

Uh these people by nature are kind of social butterflies, so they kind of tend to get around and meet people, and uh they will uh take the lead in speaking with the other people in their building to ensure that they are able to access uh the uh uh the community using the new system.

Uh but not only that, we're going to be able to uh rely upon them for when there is uh residential turnover, uh, which you know happens.

We do have a number of rental units, and uh uh the that kind that transaction isn't necessarily brought to our attention right away, and by having these building leads in place, we can have uh you know a channel put in place to where we can be informed that you know, hey, there's been a change, even though they should have provided certain documentation already to our management company so that the directory could have been updated.

This way just helps us uh again make make sure that we're enabling access to the individuals who should have access and not anybody anyone else.

Uh we're not expecting the uh community to uh or the system to have any kind of adverse impact on vendor access.

In fact, the uh the vendors will probably be the first uh entities that we approach with the uh the new codes so that they have them, make sure they work, make sure our trash is being picked up, make sure that uh the landscaping is being done, the pool service is being performed, make sure all that's being taken care of, uh, you know, so we don't expect any kind of disruption with those with those services to the community.

Uh what you're looking at now is uh we have a friend called Google, and uh on the left-hand image you see there uh that that's our community right there.

There's uh 15 buildings in a clubhouse.

Uh the street you see is North Michael Wade going north.

Uh this the center area that uh that's highlighted to the right is where the uh of course the gate entry system is going to be put in place.

Uh we are looking to put in uh this accent M8, which is made by Security Brands Incorporated.

It has a number of features, uh, the most important of which to us right now anyway have been highlighted, uh, enables video uh uh representation of the people trying to get in.

So if uh a resident is uh uh having a guest over, or perhaps they needed to call uh a plumber for an internal plumbing uh uh issue, they can make sure that the person that they're gonna be letting in is indeed who they say that they are.

Uh uh beyond that, if uh for example we have a unit that is doing some kind of renovation work and they need to have uh you know a vendor come in to perform that work and it's gonna take place over uh a series of days, uh, we can give them a guest pass, and that way we know that the vendor for that particular unit is coming in at that particular point.

And uh, you know, that we, you know, because we I talked earlier about having access 10, 20 times a day.

You know, we're gonna look at that and kind of wonder if something's going on.

If we see that that's been issued to a guest.

Thank you.

This is Chair Becker.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Um, but we're over the time.

Oh, my goodness.

Apologies.

And I think that we need to ask a couple questions.

Okay, yeah.

If that's okay with you.

Okay, so um I had a few questions, and I think a couple other folks do as well.

Okay.

So for the system, it looks like you're using battle-born access systems.

We are correct.

Correct.

Okay.

I have a concern about who's gonna have access to the video that's available through this because on your volunteer hours pledge sheet, it looks like, as you mentioned, every person in the community is listed as an hour each, or a little some of them are two for quality control.

Does that mean that everyone listed here is going to have access to the video from this system?

Uh no.

Uh, in the case where you have uh an individual unit that is requesting certain work, for example, uh that the video recordings going on the cloud.

Uh the board, the management company will be the only ones that actually have access to that particular video.

Okay, and the board management company, sorry, uh Chair Becker for the record, the board management company is elected board members?

Uh correct.

Okay.

Um then are you are you working with Metro?

Um because it sounds like you've had in the past people coming in and using your facilities without permission.

Have there has there been an issue in the past where Metro's gotten involved, you know, to issue trespasses to any of these people or yes, there has been.

Uh what we have lacked is the ability to provide proof.

Uh so it's basically come down to an eyewitness account, and a number of people are reluctant to step forward with that.

Got it.

Okay, thank you.

I think that's it for me.

Do we have other members with questions?

Yes, ma'am.

Member Goodsell for the record.

Um I actually have several questions.

Um you have over 80 people that you're counting as hours for quality control.

Correct.

Will these people be trained?

Or are they just according to your presentation?

It was they're gonna speak with people in their bill in their 15 buildings and get information back to the board.

But what kind of quality are you controlling with these with these volunteers specifically?

To make sure that the system's actually working.

Uh, for example, uh the building leads will enable or ensure that everybody in their particular building has been able to use the system to access the community.

If there's an issue with that, then of course they'll bring it to our attention.

We'll take it to the gate company, Battleborne, and uh we will investigate whatever the uh the problem might be.

But uh, you know, as far as specific training, uh the system uh is really not that different operationally from what we have in place.

Uh what's gonna change is that we're working to get away from having to issue uh you know fobs and so forth, and because I talk too much, I missed being able to present that.

But uh they're basically it's gonna be app uh app operated by people self- Okay, so the quality control isn't really a trained quality control, it's just neighborhood consideration.

Do they have access to the board to access the board directly?

A homeowner, do they have to go through these people, one of the 81 peoples in your the community if they have a problem?

Uh they'll they'll track us down.

If they're unable to do that, they will go through the management company.

Okay.

Um and then in your because this is an existing asset.

Do you have funds in your reserve studies to actually pay for this?

Uh yeah.

Uh in the event you find it within your infinite wisdom not to give us any money, it's gonna be paid for entirely out of a reserves.

The operational expenses will be paid for out of our operating account.

Okay, so if so, this would still go forward if you're not granted.

Will there be any matching funds?

So I didn't see any cash matching funds.

It looks like there's just a build-up, a big a large buildup of quality control volunteers to meet the volunteer and come donations.

Yeah, basically the the cash match is coming from the the reserve and operating accounts from the community.

What cash match?

I didn't see any cash match.

I I use that uh figuratively, meaning that uh you know, we're putting forth the money ourselves, the community is in order to have this unit installed.

Uh any money we receive from the uh neighborhood partners fund uh will you know reduce that amount, but basically we're paying for it out of pocket.

Okay.

Um just for the no, you've answered all my questions.

Thank you.

Okay.

Member flank.

Uh quick question right here.

Oh, yeah, right in front of me, of course.

Yeah.

Um going through your application.

I didn't see an invoice from Battleborne.

No one has that.

They submitted a proposal.

It was under the uh the worksheet, the project work uh budget worksheet.

Oh, I see.

An actual invoice estimate from Battleborne.

We do have the information on the cost sheet, but nothing from Battleborne.

Yeah, because uh according to our interpretation as to how this process works, the no work can commence uh until the decision's been made.

So therefore, no work's been performed for them to submit an invoice for well.

Um did they provide a uh estimate?

Yeah, that's that's what you're looking at in the uh budget.

This is Chairbecker.

I think I can clarify.

Um in addition to this sheet, do you have an estimate from Battleborne that lists this price that has the like that's from them on their paper?

Okay, perfect.

So what we would ask is this.

Yeah, that's where those figures derive from.

Perfect.

We would just ask that you submit that to Yohasca, and then um then it will be uploaded into this system so that we can see that.

And it doesn't have to be you know the final bill, it can just be the estimate from Battleborne.

Yeah, the the only issue that we had with Battleborne on this was that uh the uh they included the sales tax on there, and that was submitted from the budget worksheet.

So that will be on the document that you receive, but we did not include it on the budget worksheet.

So on that um estimate from Battleborne, does it include install costs and that is install cost, yes?

That's the unit and the install cost.

Okay.

Is she done?

Okay.

Thank you, Matthew Dramp, for the record.

Um I'm also gonna my condo units using the same method too, so I understand the process.

You probably explained to me later on that it's the FABO system.

Uh, does your pool also have gated entry too?

It's not open, right?

Correct.

Okay, and again, I I talked too much, but that's okay.

Uh what the system's gonna enable us to do.

We're not doing that right now, but what the system will enable us to do will be to expand it.

Uh if you look on the screen real quick, you'll see that it can incorporate the pedestrian gate and the pool access gate as well.

Uh, you know, so we want to get this part done first, work out any bugs that may come up, and then we'll look at expanding it to cover the pool and the pedestrian gates as well.

Okay, so you're gonna do that in another phase because I can do it when you mentioned the pool, that's big thing because with the FABO system, only the residents have the access on their cell phone, they can't give it out to guests.

You register I'm assuming under this system that you register an email address or a phone number.

Correct.

Yeah, and just like with our system too, like vendors or of course you you're not condos, you're a homeowners.

People can register a time period for for vendors or correct to come in so it would expire too, or you can set a certain time date.

Correct.

To like ours.

So yeah, that this is the new updated system, and yeah, we're doing it ourselves.

So I think this is a good idea.

Yeah, like I say, you know, we're not doing the pool right now, but this gives us the capacity to expand.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

We have a quick oh wait, Member Estrada hasn't had a chance to ask a question yet.

Member Estrada?

Yes, sir.

Um, is the existing system have internet?

No.

So you have to get new internet for that location.

Yeah, that's part of the ongoing expenses that we're gonna be covering out of the uh operating budget.

That's not in any way part of this uh proposal.

I see.

Thank you.

Yeah, there's a picture of our current call box.

It's uh 25 years old.

Okay, in the interest of time, this can be our last question.

Okay, good member goodsell for the record.

Um, just a quick question.

Has the board addressed any video retention policy?

Because you will be required to have a video retention policy now that this has video on it.

Have you as a board addressed that how long you hold on to it, where it will be held in a secure place.

Have you addressed any of those issues in regards to this?

No, we have not.

Yeah, no, we didn't.

Uh there's the abuse I talked about earlier.

Um, as you can see, the box kind of got knocked over.

And had we had video capabilities, we might have been able to determine who did it.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Okay, thank you for your time.

Yeah, please feel free to submit um Battleborne's invoice uh or estimate.

Yeah, the original invoice, sure.

All right, perfect.

Thank you so much for your time.

Okay, thank you for your time.

Yes.

All right.

Our next association is the Mayfair Neighborhood Association.

Hi, you can feel free to sit down there, introduce yourselves, um, and begin when you are ready.

You'll have five minutes and then five minutes for questions.

My name is Jennifer Montresteel.

I'm the project lead uh for this project in Mayfair.

And I'm Kevin King, the president of the neighborhood neighborhood association for Mayfair.

Uh so we would like to get some neighborhood signs similar to the other historic neighborhoods downtown, like Huntridge, uh, Cresswood, I know they're working on theirs, things like that.

Um, there's been a big effort to revitalize our neighbor our neighborhood in the past recent year with Metro and Ward 3.

Um, so small sizes, but this will have a big impact on our neighborhood.

Uh Mayfair, we're one of the historic neighborhoods downtown.

We're located near Fremont East.

Uh we encompass Charleston, Fremont Street runs through us all the way down to Stuart Ave.

Uh, we have a rich history with strong community roots, but we currently lack a defined visual identity, especially for being so close to Fremont East.

Um, up here you can see this is our actual map of our neighborhood.

Uh to the west, you have 15th, Charleston, Bruce.

Like I said, that's Fremont Street running through us down to Stewart.

So those are our neighborhood borders in Mayfair.

This was just something I found online.

I I thought it was interesting.

It was an ad for um the first homes being sell sold in our area.

We were established in 1941, so that's just a neat little thing I found.

Um we also have a park in our neighborhood uh for the children.

So we're we're really working on getting our neighborhood to be a little more family friendly, and and like I said, we've been working with Metro and Ward 3 on a lot of different things to kind of bring us, you know, where we need to be.

Um, like I said, there's no clear neighborhood branding.

We are right next to Fremont East, we can walk there.

Uh visitors and residents may not recognize the area.

It's a missed opportunity to kind of connect to the downtown revitalization that's going on in the area, especially the Ars District down Charleston and and everything going on in Fremont.

Um the solution, neighborhood signs.

We want to install custom design neighborhood signs, just as the other historic neighborhoods around us have uh that we placed on the street utility poles, designed in a vintage mid-century modern Las Vegas style, clean and recognizable.

Um so, unlike the other neighborhoods, I know like John S.

Park, Beverly Green, they have their mid-century modern homes on their signs.

Our neighborhood was built the same time as Huntridge, and um, I'm sorry, I can't think of the name of the other neighborhood.

But anyway, we have smaller size houses.

We don't have that, you know, historic-looking mid-century modern house.

So that wasn't a good fit for what we wanted for our signs.

Um, so we were thinking more along the lines of a neighborhood symbol.

I've lived in a couple other cities, and and I we kind of took this from what we've seen in other neighborhoods in these other cities where they had neighborhood symbols.

The symbol that we chose was the lizard.

It represents regeneration, survival, adaptation.

Um, like I said, we're in like a rebranding phase of our neighborhood.

Um, it also connects to the desert environment, and we think it would be a unique thing, a memorable identity for our area.

This is a rough draft of what our designer is working on.

There's gonna be some tweaks, and we're also gonna have a couple different revisions for our neighborhood to vote on in the next coming weeks.

Um, but just to kind of give you guys an idea, because we say lizard, and you're like, huh?

But this is what it would look like to similar.

This is what we're we're leaning towards.

Um, and you have the Las Vegas, you know, the Starburst, the strat, things like that.

Um, we feel like this is gonna build community pride.

Um, it creates the shared neighborhood identity.

Residents have pride and ownership in their home, strengthens, strengthens connection, um, and will promote engagement.

We want to use this symbol, like we said, we have that park.

Um, there's other areas we can start creating murals, things like that.

So, this is the road that we're going down.

Um, we think it'll have a good impact on downtown and Fremont East.

It'll enhance the visual appeal of the area, connects with that Fremont East energy.

Fremont is cool, it's weird as funky that we're right next door.

We want to be the same.

Um, we like I said, we can also walk to Fremont East.

So this would encourage walkability because you feel like you're in a neighborhood walking, it just you know, it it encompasses everything and supports the revitalization that we've been working on.

Um, so in conclusion, small investment, big impact.

We're really trying to get you know, people to know where Mayfair is, who Mayfair is, like our other you know, neighbors around us downtown.

Um, and it's a symbol of the neighborhood's future.

So that's all I got.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for being on time.

Um, I just had a quick note.

Uh, this is Chair Becker.

In Zoom grants, this is listed as 10,000 as well, but you're asking for 3,000.

Is that correct?

Yeah, when I started the application, I had absolutely no idea what this would cost.

And then I spoke to um some people in Huntridge.

Kevin reached out to them as well, their neighborhood leaders, and they gave us the vendor list, and then I reached out to them and like, oh no, like 2700.

So I think we requested 3,000.

So I did revise that, but I don't know if it reflected properly.

Okay, perfect application.

I just wanted that to be on the record because in Zoom grants, sometimes it doesn't reflect the amount.

So it's 3,000.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other questions from board members?

Go ahead.

Uh member Goodsell for the record.

Um, I'm over to your left.

Way come on down.

Um, just I just had a query as to who would be installing these.

Uh I was told public works would.

Public works.

And they've done it for those other neighborhoods.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

We're looking at something real quick.

So hold one moment.

This is Chair Becker.

I just wanted to make note, you do have all your volunteer hours on the pledge sheet here.

But in Zoom grants, um that like sheet that shows the volunteer hours where it's highlighted in blue is not reflecting this number.

But I see that you do have the volume.

We revised it.

So after speaking to you, Haska, I'm sorry if I mispronounced your name, but um, we had to make a couple revisions.

I had misinterpreted something, so I did submit that to her.

Uh Jostka neighborhood services.

So she did submit revisions and I have it uploaded on her profile in Zoom grants.

I'm assuming that maybe the board members aren't able to see it.

Um, so I'm gonna.

Are you able to see it?

Oh, perfect.

So it should be under administrative documents.

Um any revised anything added is gonna be under there.

Perfect, we see it.

Um, and I think that's it, unless anybody has any other questions.

Thank you so very much.

Thank you.

Yes.

Thanks.

Uh-huh.

All righty.

So um we are moving along.

The next organization we have on the list is Palomino Gardens Homeowners Association.

Hi, welcome.

You can feel free to get settled at the desk, and then you can introduce yourselves and begin when you are ready.

And you'll have five minutes to present and then five minutes for questions.

All right, good morning, everyone.

I'm Desiree Bruni with Palomino Gardens Homeowner Association, and this is our HOA president here, Art Nathan.

Um I can just start.

So a little bit about us.

We are a small 15-home community uh located here off Palomino and Rancho.

Uh we are very close-knit community that take great pride in um knowing one another, having uh community events and gatherings and kind of kind of the spirit of our whole community is that we take great pride in our neighborhood, and that's kind of what makes us sort of a meaningful area and uh um and uh a connection with one another in our community.

So if you guys are familiar with PGHA, we've had a really nice relationship with um the NPF.

Uh we've had the fortunate um been so fortunate to have several grants in prior years that we've used for um several improvements throughout our community.

Oh, thank you.

Um in 2018, we resurfaced the loop in our neighborhood that um needed to be addressed from deteriorating pavement, potholes and everything that was going throughout.

In 2019, we uh repl uh installed new lighting posts throughout our neighborhood that really added to visibility, safety, and also the beautification.

Um more recently we um were able to enhance some of our mature landscaping with our grant, and then lately we also uh addressed our community park and added much more um enhancements that improved both security and safety for our residents.

So, as you'll see, you know, there's been a pattern of um well-thought out funding that we've utilized for our neighborhood that included functionality, appearance, and safety that's really continued to um help our both our guests and our residents of our neighborhood.

And so we're very excited about this year.

We were able to um address more of those similar um uh concerns for our neighborhood.

So in the past years, we were able to, we kind of just included some photos.

Um of our um of some of our past projects I wanted to be able to show you guys.

So those were our lamp posts, some of the um improvements that we did to our park, including lighting.

Um we added some much needed irrigation systems to um the park area and our our basketball court that the um our neighborhood loves to use, and then also included some security that was much needed for the commercial area that we back to at our park, and then adding um a community garden and a few other items.

So for this project, we identified this.

It's been on our list for quite a while.

We have a very old analog 30-year-old entry gate system that just isn't servicing our needs anymore.

But more recently, in this last year, especially, we've had some concerns about security and safety of our guests and residents.

So this is something that both our board and our residents have brought forward as something that we wanted to address this year.

Um so this would help just improve our controlled access, but also create a stronger sense of security for our residents in our neighborhood.

Um so our existing gate shack is located off Palomino.

We have that very old analog system, as I mentioned.

It's very dark at night, there's not great lighting.

Um, and then um our existing um cameras are not on any sort of cloud-based system, they're just on a local 30-day loop that's directly in our guard shack.

So if any review of cameras needs to be done, art goes down there, unlocks it and has to review it right there on the computer that's in the guard shack.

So the system just doesn't kind of serve our residents or guests or any of us kind of very well at the moment.

And so this is something that we wanted to be able to improve for everyone and mostly really the safety and security of everybody.

Um, and with that also it kind of includes some of the the lighting and everything that goes kind of around the whole safety of the area.

If you'll notice the existing gate entry system, it is an analog.

It's just a phone system.

It calls you and you can hardly hear it anymore.

And what we want to install is one that has a camera because we've had homeless people who just go out there and punch every button hoping somebody will let them in.

And the new systems have cameras that you can see who's trying to enter.

And our residents have asked for something like this to improve our security.

Um, yeah, so as Art mentioned, this would be installing a new digital entry intercom system.

Um that would both allow internet connectivity because right now also our analog system does not dial out to certain phone numbers that are long distance.

Um, so then this would also allow for better um cloud-based access for our cameras that are existing, as well as obviously the um the entry system.

So the biggest benefit would be to allow the camera viewing of our entry requests so that um we can better monitor and manage the access into our community.

Um, and then obviously the another part of the improvement would be the lack of visibility and then the entrance, especially at night with the lighting.

Um, and together these improvements would just create a more functional and secure and better lit entry for the experience of our neighborhood guests and residents.

Um, so the impact obviously would um just enhance the security and safety of our entire community.

Um, it allows better control and access of the visitors coming in as well as vendors, uh, deliveries, and then together these just strengthen the overall sense of security for our neighborhood.

Our proposed timeline is that this is just gonna be a one-time project while we continue to make improvements throughout our neighborhood.

This is um kind of a standalone item.

Uh, so it's gonna include the new digital intercon system, bringing internet to that guard shack and installing the new um the new digital system and wiring the cameras to the internet.

And so it's a very practical upgrade and meaningful to all of us for our 15 homes, and we also we plan to move very quickly once we're funded.

We want to start work this summer, and then that would include um getting the vendors scheduled right away, and then planning to transition the residents in the new system by the end of summer into early fall.

So our project team is led by myself as our um NPF volunteer, and then um Art, our uh president, he's been doing a lot of the early work also with myself for this presentation, and then with that, we have um a lot of um our board is on board is on board with being part of this, and then we have several residents that are volunteering.

Um, so they've already been involved in some of the planning and vendor coordination, and then we have uh resident outreach and documentation through the process that people are going to be involved in.

So as it moves forward, we'll um have our volunteers continue to support communication, installation coordination, and follow-through.

So this reflects a strong neighborhood participation in both planning and the implementation of these funds.

So our um funding request was for the full $10,000 when we originally putting this together, but our minimum is the 9100 for just the intercom.

Um we did want to add some lighting, as I mentioned, into that front area.

And one of kind of the the main ones was uh bringing the internet to the guard shack was something that is going to be something that's involved with both the vendor that's installing, but we need to coordinate obviously with local internet provider.

Um so that was still one of those items that we were trying to nail down the bit on that.

Um so we're requesting the funding that would be just be very meaningful for our neighborhood, and it really up um includes updating our outdated system, and for such a small community for ours, it makes a really big impact for us, both this project but also the funding.

As without it, it's something that I don't know that our neighborhood would be able to do in the near future.

Um, so we're just very thankful for the NPF and your guys' past um support of us and this future support, hopefully, that we can get this current project underway.

Um, and if we're awarded, we want to move very quickly and get this much needed safety upgrade for our neighborhood right away.

So thank you very much for your time and consideration.

It's good to be president.

Thank you so much for the presentation.

Um this is Chair Becker.

I just wanted to make a quick note.

I really appreciate that you included pictures from the last projects because in Zoom grants, sometimes the full applicant history isn't available for us to see.

So I appreciate it that you included that.

Um are there any questions from members for Palomino?

You want to start?

Okay.

Okay, Matthew Tramp for the record.

Um, so you have the reserve funds already appropriated for this project.

Yeah, so we have part of our monthly dues getting put towards this as well.

So um that's obviously something Art can talk a little bit more about.

We do have a reserve fund.

Okay, and you've got already the money set aside or expecting the revenue the revenue to come in.

Okay.

And also um, I saw you're going to LED, which is a smart move we did recently in my complex too.

Um, so it's for the entry gate, is will this be a FOBU system?

Is that am I pronouncing that right?

FABU, it's where you use your phone key.

So the butterfly and Lyftmaster both support mobile.

So they advise so you're gonna because that's the most updated.

It's a lot more, I think it's a more safety efficient, it's more efficient to nice because I think also with that you can pre-approve a guest too that's coming, which is also if you saw me or what I mentioned with the previous applications.

There's a lot of way you can monitor illegal entries or so.

Just getting the picture is important because you can't understand anybody in those systems anyways.

So seeing who it is will give our residents a whole lot of comfort.

Okay, thank you.

Good questions, man.

Thank you.

Member Wong.

Uh yes, this is board member Wong.

So I see on your vendor cost estimate sheet, you have the um the new system listed out as well as with the lighting, but I don't see the estimates backing up those amounts.

Do you have that available?

Um, yeah, we have our we have the quote from the wired up included.

I wouldn't see anywhere to upload quotes, but um I did bring bring that with me.

Yes, both vendors had quotes.

Um between 6500 and 9100, depending on the uh upgrades that we would get.

Um we brought both quotes so you can see that.

If you could just um submit that.

Sure.

That way we can see it as part of the application.

Thank you so much.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Member Flank.

Was that your question?

Any other questions?

Member Estrada.

Board members trata.

Uh, the way I understand it, each uh cash donation should be on a different pledge form.

Uh, did you understand that to be true?

No, I I looked at I worked with our um the lady who did all of our previous ones, and so she had shown that that's how she had done the previous years.

So I that's how I so that would be a Johaska question.

Sorry, can you repeat that question?

The pledge letters, it just says uh what 400 times 15 or something.

It doesn't have the signature of the person that uh, you know, like it's supposed to be an individual pledge letter, the way I understood it.

Oh, okay.

Um I'm JOSCA neighborhood services.

I see here what you're talking about where it says cash partner 400 per homeowner.

Right.

Um yeah, it's it would be better if we got one per each homeowner because we would need their signatures for each one.

Sure.

Okay.

So if you could um submit that to me before deliberations, and it's totally fine.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, any other questions for members?

I think Member Tramp has a follow-up.

So is that four hundred dollars?

Was that an assessment fee that you added on, or are these people just volunteered to donate the four hundred dollars?

Yeah, that was something from each homeowner that basically through, especially in the last year with the security issues that we've had, that that was basically each homeowner is discipled that we would do an even amount.

It was an assessment fee that you put on for your home.

We appreciate it.

Um we are about halfway through, and um, I need a tiny break, so I'm gonna request that we are in recess until ten fifteen.

Okay.

All right.

We will call this meeting of the neighborhood partners fund board back to order.

We have four more neighborhoods left to go.

So the next one on the agenda is the Rainbow Family Park Neighborhood Association.

Welcome.

Feel free to get settled there.

Introduce yourselves.

If you have any handouts, you can give them to city staff.

Otherwise, you can get started when you're ready after introduce yourselves.

And you'll have five minutes and then five minutes for questions.

Thank you.

Yeah, my name is Keith Thomas.

I'm with the uh Raymo Family Park Neighborhood Association.

With me today is Margarita Allen.

She's our project leader.

And we're in Councilman Knudson's district.

The Rainbow Family Park Neighborhood Association is I'll show you our boundaries here basically between Charleston and Sahara and Buffalo and Rainbow.

We have about 600 homes in our in our neighborhood is primarily half acre homes.

Our mission is primarily to enhance the residential nature, lifestyle of the rainbow family park.

We're just a group of concerned citizens.

We're not a 51c3 or anything.

We're just uh get together and and uh and uh we're not a uh as I say we're not a not we're not a nonprofit.

Um we have been here before the committee uh at least eight eight times.

This is our ninth uh presentation to the committee.

Um we've done uh a number of different things over the years.

Uh a lot of uh uh it seems that the most popular things are our in-person events like our second mile picnic, we had to trunk or treat uh during COVID.

We're not able to meet, so we created a website, uh neighborhood poll signs, and uh went back to to in-person in 2022, and last last this uh past year we were uh at one of our HOAs in the neighborhood, and uh we've previously sponsored these, and they seem to be the most popular things in the neighborhood.

And one of the things we're trying to promote is neighborhood safety, neighborhood security, and neighborhood and and neighbors getting out and about.

Um so our our project team is uh headed by Margarita Allen here.

It includes uh our our uh association president Diane Harrington, uh me, and two of our other board members as well.

We're all residents of the neighborhood.

Um I won't go over all of these since uh you have them in your presentation.

Um we spot sponsored six previous uh trunk or treat uh uh help excuse me, Halloween events.

Um this past year what we found was that uh uh our funding ran out real quick.

Our our food, for instance, uh ran out in about what one hour, I think, after the project started.

Um so we were uh excited to see the increase in the budget this year so we could do something a little bit uh larger.

One of the things we've been very popular are the ring camera security systems.

Everybody's interested in those, and of course, getting them free is uh is very interesting to the neighbors.

Um again, we'd like to encourage attendance to our our our meetings uh and our events by offering these these ring cameras.

We have other things that we're trying to do to encourage members to get uh to get out, like uh providing hats for for shade in the sun and hoodies for warmth in the winter, and uh also since many in the neighborhood are out walking dogs, we want them to make sure they clean up after themselves.

So we want to offer to give away dog bowls and waste wastebag dispenser and uh uh one of the most popular things that we have at our meetings are uh USB drives, and they really help uh uh uh with the neighborhood identification.

So looking at the funding, um the food and water, uh and we we generally get a between about a hundred to a hundred and twenty-five, sometimes a hundred and fifty.

Uh when we meet in conjunction with the art in the park with with with uh councilman canudson's art in the park, there we generally get a lot more than that.

Um but anyway, so we've we've uh basically doubled the uh the uh estimate for the food.

Uh we we provide water every year, and it's every year in the past has been cold or warm.

So we we're asking for money for a water cooler, just one of these, you know, pull pool coolers, uh, and then of course water.

And the ring camera systems are about 2300.

Again, we use them as door prizes.

We uh they don't buy tickets or anything like this, all of this is free.

Um, and then the other items that I talked about, the uh the caps and the the hoodies and the dog bowls and the waste bag dispensers and so on.

And uh we'll probably have at least uh at least one to two events uh during the year uh to to uh to do all of this.

Again, the the in-person events have are been have been what the neighbors really like and what they've encouraged us to continue with.

Um we uh uh you know, one of the things that we do is we keep the neighbors uh up to date on what's happening in the in the area.

Uh two of the biggest concerns, of course, this past year have been the the aseptic system issues and the water issues.

Um at any rate, that's our presentation.

Be happy to answer any questions about it.

Thank you so much.

This is Chair Becker.

Thank you for the presentation.

Um I love to see the pictures from your past events.

That's really cool.

I know that your neighborhood stays really involved.

Um the one comment slash question that I had is last year we had a discussion as a board about providing money for water just from a sustainability perspective.

We would like people to bring water to events.

Um and providing money for water is something that I personally don't think that we should be doing as a board, but that's we had a discussion about it.

It's a personal preference also for members of the board.

But that's just an observation that I had.

Um, these other expenses, and I love the giveaways and door prices.

I think that um those are nice uses of money, like you said, to get people to come out to the events.

So are there any other board members with questions?

Member Wong.

Uh board member Wong right here.

What is on those USB drives?

They're they're blank, they're empty.

Oh, so it's just for brand identification.

Yeah, yeah, it just has a just has our logo on it, is all.

Okay.

But there's no data on it at all.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions, member Flank?

Member Goodsell for the record.

Do you have you mentioned that there are um HOAs within those boundaries?

Um, like I think Shenley Court's in there.

Um are any of those HOAs involved in your planning?

Uh not this year.

Last year, last year one was because we held the event uh, you know, on the common area for that particular HOA, but uh but this year we're planning to do it at uh Rainbow Family Park.

How many HOAs are within your boundaries?

Your neighborhood boundary, do you know?

You know, I really couldn't say there's because I know you have one for your cul-de-sac, and you know, every it seems like every little cul de sac has its own HOA.

So uh, you know, we really haven't been concerned about the HOAs because not for profit, we're just you know a group of concerned citizens that that are you know trying to engage with everybody within our defined boundaries.

Um member flank uh quick question about the Amazon receipt that you're showing for the ring system.

It shows seven, but in your application, you're saying that you're going to have four.

So the amount that's showing in the shopping cart uh has seven items listed.

It should be excuse me, it should be seven, yes.

Oh, okay.

Your application says four, so for clarity.

Yeah, we can amend that, but uh I believe our invoice or our uh everything has seven on it.

But uh yes, the Amazon invoice did, but in the application where you talk about um what you're doing with the ring system, she said four to be given away to neighborhood residents.

So it could be a typo.

Seven.

It should be seven.

Yes.

Okay, any other questions?

Yeah, go ahead.

I just have one more question.

So regarding those ring alarm systems, when I went to Amazon and I pulled up the system that you had listed, it's like the highest one or the largest package.

Um, and because I noticed the amount you've requested is double from previous years because um it's been expanded.

But um, was there any consideration made for getting the smaller packages so that you could give out more or to save on costs?

Excuse me, in the past we've given away uh uh I think it's a four-piece, an eight-piece, and then the fourteen piece alarm system.

The 14 piece is the one that everybody wants.

And again, that's of course uh, but uh you know, that's certainly a consideration, but we decided to go with the 14 pieces.

All right, thank you.

And and ultimately when we actually come down to the actual purchase, you know, they'll generally that's generally when we'll get a discount.

You know, so you know, excuse me, and every other year I think we've well we've always come in under budget.

Um we actually left a little bit less.

I think our total this time was only about 90 uh 9900 to leave a little bit of room for any cost differences that may come up, but we've always come in less.

All right, any further questions?

All right, seeing none.

Thank you so much for your time.

Welcome, thank you very much.

Alrighty, you'll have a great rest of the week.

It looks like our next neighborhood association is Rock Springs Vista 3 Homeowners Association.

Welcome.

Feel free to get settled there.

And um state your name for the record.

And when you're ready, you can begin, and you'll have five minutes, and then we have five minutes for questions.

Okay.

Yeah, how do you do?

My name is Robert Freeman.

I represent Rock Springs Vista 3.

Unfortunately, our president Karen Crawford couldn't be here today, so I'll do my very best.

Um, our project is to beautify barren strips of dirt on our property that face Washington Avenue and Cimarron Road with drought tolerant trees and shrubs.

We successfully applied for this funding in 2024 and 2025.

Here we see depicted a sweet Bayley floral.

Our landscapers advised us it would be wise to choose two trees.

A deciduous tree, which is rather flowery and showy, as well as an evergreen tree, and the sweet Bailey floral is our evergreen tree.

We also came up with not exactly a design, but it's helpful for our board meetings to explain to our homeowners exactly what we're doing.

The homeowners were helpful in selecting the trees.

Uh great deal of discussion, as well as the shrubs.

Here we see our streetscape before we had any work done, before we partnered with the city of Las Vegas.

2024's project is in the middle of the screen.

The next section was 2025's project, and 2026 is that area on the left and around the corner.

Um on the left, we see the two areas that are depicted for the 2026 project on Washington Avenue and then on Cemaron Road.

By increasing the funding, we felt that we could we could take on two different sections and not do one section a year.

On the right, we see the crate myrtle tree.

This is our deciduous tree, and rather flowery.

The completed 2024 project uh for beautification and bus stop seating on Washington Avenue, a street for over 7,000 vehicles pass by daily, uh includes bus stop seating, which we were happy to do.

Prior to this, there was no bus stop.

There was no seating for that bus stop.

It attracts 34 westbound uh buses.

Our 2025 project, although these are rather young trees and young shrubs, it's a vast improvement over what was uh there before.

The 2026 project will be funded with 24,919 from Rock Springs Vista 3, 10,000 from the city of Las Vegas, and $3,200 uh from a donation from LSK in the reduction of their the price of their their their material, their trees, and so forth.

And for what it's worth, I I recommend LSK landscapers highly.

They work across our five-acre property.

Our water costs have never been less because they find all the irrigation issues and they resolve them.

We also expect they're going to make this project look as bad as well as the rest of our community.

Here we see Ebring Silverberry on the right.

That's one of the shrubs that was selected.

The community has benefited, and we can verify this by studies that show a direct correlation between quality landscaping and higher property values, not merely for those who live in the community, but because this is facing the community the outside of the community for those who live in the area and have their homes nearby.

Here we see iceberg roses, one of the shrubs uh uh selected.

Improving average to good landscaping, says Clemson University, can result in a four to five percent increase in a home's sales price.

Landscaping expenditures can bring a recovery value of 100% to 200% of selling time, says Bunny Magazine.

So if you put $500 into landscaping into your property, you might increase your property value by a thousand dollars.

And 99% of realtor real estate appraisers concluded, concurred that landscaping enhances the sales appeal of real estate.

Here we see the blue mainite salvias.

You don't find these around Las Vegas too often, although they are drought tolerant, they're a very pretty tree or plant.

They seem to be ignored, which uh our our homeowners were were they really wanted this one a lot.

Now, given the correlation between landscaping and property values, the impact for this project will favorably affect all homes in the neighboring communities.

And here we see radiation lantana, and you find that everywhere.

Finally, we find yellow bells.

Um they're absolutely beautiful when they're in bloom.

Um are there any questions?

Thank you so much.

This is Chair Becker.

I have to say a couple things.

First of all, I love that you included the pictures of the plants you're going to do.

Um, and across the board, I think they're great choices, except for the crepe myrtle.

Uh I put one in my backyard because I'm originally from South Carolina, so I really appreciated your Clemson University quote as well.

I would ask them about that because the full sun on the crate myrtle is gonna make them look um really dried out, and they would need to put a lot of extra water on them.

So that's just my two cents about the landscaping.

But um, I really love that you included the neighbors in picking the plants and the salvia is a really pretty plant as well.

So those are just comments, not questions.

Does anyone have an actual question?

Yes, go ahead.

Good.

So um for the record, um I double triple support, not crepe myrtle.

Um Charleston Boulevard used to be lined with crepe myrtle, and there are zero now.

They do not, it's a lovely plant, but it does not do well in our climate.

But um, the others are make sure the yellow bells go in the sunniest side of the road.

They will be beautiful.

They love the heat.

Um, my question for you is so those were comments.

My question for you is um you are an HOA, correct?

Yes, yes, we are.

Are any funds coming from your reserve study or operations for the okay?

Can first of all, were there plant was there plant material here before, or is this your first effort on installing plant material along these two um venues?

Oh, uh, there was never plants there before.

This is our property on the city's property.

It was overlooked by various boards.

Planning ahead, we put this into our budget.

We have 1.3 million dollars in reserves, and this is one of our um reserve projects to do these two.

Will any of those dollars from the reserve be contributed to or matched on this on this particular project?

Our or our line item.

Well, we're contributing 24,919 dollars, so yes.

From the reserves.

Okay, thank you.

Yes.

Any other questions?

Member Flank, did you have a question or no?

No, actually.

Oh, okay, perfect.

Member Flank says that you answered her question.

I had one more comment.

Um, I was happy to see that the bus seating worked out for you as well.

Because I know that on that road, it's very inaccessible.

Public transit's inaccessible because of the light poles.

Um, and so to have that be there so that people can get around the light pole and sit down.

It's so much safer for folks accessing transit.

I really appreciate that you did that because I know that that doesn't necessarily directly impact your residents, um, but it does improve the life of people who are using the road outside your neighborhood.

So I appreciated that.

Any other questions?

I don't think I see any.

All right, thank you so much.

Okay, thank you very much.

Alrighty, yes, have a great day.

Okay, it looks like our next association is West Side Community Neighborhood Association.

Welcome.

Please feel free to get comfortable there.

And if you have any handouts, you can let the city staff know, and they'll make sure that we get them.

Excellent.

Um staff here can hand that out for us.

Please feel free to just introduce yourself and get started when you're ready.

You'll have five minutes to present and then five minutes for questions.

And we can wait until we get all of the papers.

Uh this handout that you have in your hand, none of this would be possible without Zach's help.

Uh we put long hours into this presentation.

Let me give you uh zoning of our boundaries.

Our boundaries are Jackson Street East to C Street, Jackson Street West to H Street, North Street, North of H Street to Owen Street.

That's our neighborhood boundaries.

Uh our orientation of our neighborhood beginnings can be tracked back to early 1900s.

Nickname include old town, original town site in the area created by J.T.

Williams in 1905.

The original Las Vegas town site was Las Vegas' first business and residential development and historical landmark today.

Moving right along, a little history.

At one time, the West Side was the sole black community, the only area where African Americans could live.

This is stated by the director of UNLV's oral history, Clay T.

White, former director at UNLV.

The historic West Side has faced redlining, segregation, and symptomatic barriers.

In 2026, the neighborhood is going through revitalization efforts.

The 100 plan by the city of Las Vegas, which some people consider genification.

But we as the neighborhood association is trying to give hope to an area that's very little hope in request overview.

We are planning three projects, real simple.

You know, they have took in consideration our disabilities and whatnot and made it able for us to comply with this application.

First one would be the neighborhood improvement, beautification, perennial plans, trans cleanup, minimal landscape, minimal landscaping for seniors.

Next one would be public safety, neighborhood watch.

As you know, we live in an area where it's surrounded by social services and we have a homeless population.

Number three would be recreation.

We want to give a youth, or excuse me.

We want to give a youth ice cream block party, but we don't want to give it on our on the in our boundaries due to the fact I just explained.

We are surrounded by neighborhood social services agencies and overrun with homeless.

So we want to give it at our new West Las Vegas library where they can be, it can be educational and fun for the youth.

We're hoping that we get one youth out of this, out of this area that wants to get involved with public service.

One youth.

You know, it's been strenuous getting uh the neighbors to the meetings.

30% of our neighborhood now is Hispanic, and they're in fear of coming to the meetings due to the fact of what's going on with the federal government.

I can't tell these residents that I can guarantee their safety.

But we have devised a way to communicate with them through text messages in an Espanol language in our newsletters, moving right along.

Neighborhood improvements as you can see on the sheet on the sheet on the handout.

We live in an area that is considered and diagnosed as being urban heated islands.

No grass, very little trees.

So with the asphalt, if it's 110 outside, it's 118, 119 degrees in my neighborhood.

We want to do that with the perennials and try to bring some beautification also to the neighborhood.

We live in a toxic area.

We're surrounded by I-15 North, which toxic fumes come off there.

Um the city has a program that uh free trees.

We tried to get our natives, our neighbors and the owners of these properties to consider that as an option.

Also moving right along.

Neighborhood safety.

If you go around through our neighborhood uh as I do, uh boots on the ground, door-to-door campaigns, you'll see a lot of people look like they're locked into these properties.

Big big locks, uh chains around their front fences, uh, you know, dogs running in your front yard where you're supposed to enjoy beautification at.

Why is that?

We want to put a uh stop to that.

We want our neighbors to know each other.

So with this neighborhood safety program, we are gonna um go around and we're gonna designate every every third block.

We're gonna designate a supervisor of the neighborhood safety program that will give out a monthly report.

Uh they will be equipped with vests, flashlights, no books to take notes, and also a number to call the Metropolitan Police Department, non-emergency.

And report back to the neighborhood association monthly so we can turn that information, that data over to the city uh re revitalization program and uh and be in compliance.

Youth youth ice cream day.

You know, we have a lot of youths in our uh in our community that are stuck in, shed in currently many neighbors are unfamiliar with each other at the community level.

We will create a more unity with the free event, 90 to 100 guests, uh array of different uh ice cream products, all currently A-rated health permits, insurance and mobile fees will be included in this event as we move along.

You have a and then handout some of the uh information uh to all these events, all the supplies, all the uh the businesses that would be involved at this point.

We might have to change that because businesses come and go, you know what I'm saying?

Prices raised with uh the war going on and everything is it's hard to get certain merchandise in, so we uh we put in stipulations just to make us a cushion for that.

Okay, as we move along, uh we requesting three thousand dollars, minimum two twenty six hundred for the three projects.

Uh we currently have a hundred and seventy-four hours pledged between nine volunteers.

We have support and well wishes from residents who live in the North Las Vegas and elsewhere.

I assure our association would be grateful for the service of the neighborhood grant fund.

We have worked tirelessly to prepare this opportunity.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, this is Chair Becker.

Um, I would like to make the note that your volunteer match is four times what it has to be, and that's really commendable.

So I'm really glad to see so much participation from your neighbors.

Are there any questions from board members?

Go ahead, Member Strada.

Uh member Estrada here.

I had a question.

You said you were gonna have the event at another location.

The uh you said it wasn't gonna be in your community, or did I misunderstand you?

I was speaking in terms of the youth ice cream social.

Right.

As I mentioned ahead of that, uh our neighborhood is surrounded by social service agencies would tend to the homeless.

Our neighborhoods are overrun with the homeless.

So if I get a social out in my neighborhood, which would be attended by most folks who don't even live in my community, I got a problem.

So we have a new north, we have a new uh West Side library that that just opened up.

A lot of my neighbors haven't even been up there yet.

And for the youth, it would be spectacular, educational, and uh environment of safety.

That's where I would like to give the event at if we possibly could.

I see.

Well, thank you, and thank you for all your uh your your work in the community.

Thank you.

Member Goodsell, um, I'm I'm way down here.

Go left.

Make a left at the light.

Um this is very impressive.

Well done on the graphics and the presentation.

Um, just going, is there a way you can go back to screen one where it shows your boundaries for me.

How many signs do you have for the neighborhood watch included?

My question is, are is that enough neighborhood watch signs for your section that you're considering?

I'll let Zach answer that question.

All right, Zach.

Yeah, hi everyone, good morning.

Um when we basically between like um I'm trying to remember the vendors specifically, but it's like with the uh national neighborhood watch institute.

They have like a pack that comes with um, I think like seven and nine signs we put in the application.

Um so I think my goal was you know, between every few blocks or something, we could help put like a sign, um, trying to get like the full perimeter.

Um but also we put in the budget for equipment like flashlights and clipboards and stuff for people to take notes.

So I feel like just in general, I don't know how much uh you know a sign can like protect the community, but I think if we have enough with volunteers who are actively watching and talking to local law enforcement, um hopefully it'd be enough.

I mean, I I think in general we wanted to keep the budget very minimum to just sort of get the ball rolling with this type of application.

I appreciate that.

The signs really do make a big difference.

That's why I was wondering if you feel like you have adequate signs for what you are trying to accomplish, or would more be more helpful.

Let me uh uh adjust that the neighborhood revitalization department uh broke down the the boundaries, and we are we have eighty single family homes in our boundaries.

Most of them are not single family homes, they are one-bedroom, studio bedrooms, they are renters, you know, of that nature.

Thank you for that.

Member Flank.

Member Flank.

Uh quick question.

Uh, are you uh do you intend to work with Metro to get this neighborhood watch program up and working and kind of creating a relationship with them to also help?

Um I had a note about your kit, and it looks like there were 10 that shows in the kit.

But you'll probably need more than that, considering he just said 80 homes.

But I think it'd be a good idea to work with Metro and they can advise because they are the ones that actually kind of oversee the neighborhood watch programs and provide the assistance to the volunteers that are actually you know the ones that are watching.

Yeah, uh I part of my um thought process when we were putting it together is uh last year I'd gone to um work with someone who has done uh like a Clark County uh GIT and like a youth uh intervention program for many years.

His name is Alex Bernal.

Um so I have a few connections to people like Alex who go to the different rec centers in the community, like the Pearson Center, do little um, and uh that we do have a few um officers who regularly do community events with the youth or with neighbors.

So um I as of this time I haven't spoken with that uh you know, uh those sort of metro officers, but I know that they're present and we would we would have that support.

Yeah, that would be bold and area command that uh for that section of town.

Now I have to say, well, I don't have to say, but I know the community, my family came here in the early 50s, and they lived on the west side on Adams was the street that I grew up on.

So I commend you guys for taking the initiative to try and revitalize uh the community.

So I appreciate your efforts for sure.

Um I think that's all I have.

All right, any other questions from board members?

I'd like to add something, Member It.

I support um member Flank's comments as far as encouraging you all to continue collaborating.

And it sounds like having Metro involved would be something in your area.

Only thing I would encourage, also since I know you've applied many times, but I would encourage you to go ahead and add some like graffiti spray removal because in working in the community and we get signs up, I'm always excited about them, and then they get graffitied really fast.

But keeping those clean makes a difference when you let those get ugly and stay ugly, then people think nobody's paying attention.

So keeping them clean is gonna be helpful, and it's not too much expense, too much more expensive.

I would also suggest block captains for like each block just to help you maintain the area and build a better communication network.

But I love it too.

I'm fond of the West side.

Very cool.

Thank you so much.

Member Flank.

Um last thing I'd like to say, I think it's a good idea about the ice cream social to be at the West Las Vegas Library.

Actually, I haven't been there yet.

Shame on me.

I really should go and check it out.

I've heard a lot of great things about it, and it does give youth an opportunity to see some of the things that have actually happened in the community.

So when of course the library is just a few blocks away from this location.

So I think it'd be a uh that's a good suggestion.

Yeah, and and uh I mean, with their grand opening, they had uh so much space for vendors and things.

I think we'll have plenty of space to do it in the parking lot.

I mean, there's a few parking lots that surround it anyways.

So thank you.

Thank you.

All right, any other questions?

Everybody go.

Thank you so much again for your time, and we will see you on the 20th.

Thank you very much.

Thanks.

All right, we have gotten to our last um presenter.

We've got Winchester Homeowners Association.

Welcome.

Um, if you do have handouts, staff can get some to us.

Yeah, okay.

I think they have some handouts, and then feel free to get comfortable there at the desk.

Um, and when you're comfortable, you can introduce yourselves and begin when you're ready.

You'll have five minutes to present and then five minutes for questions, but we can wait a minute until we all have the handout.

Quicker, let's see.

That's bad.

Uh good morning, board, panel, and associates.

My name is Alan Dale Humphreys, and I'm the president of Winchester Condo HOA.

Today I would like to introduce our vice president.

Her name is Kathy Swanson, who has taken the lead in developing and preparing this presentation.

Kathy has dedicated a great deal of time and effort to bring together on behalf of our community.

I am pleased to turn the floor over to Kathy so she may lead us through the details and our vision of the presentation that she has put together.

Thank you.

Thanks, Alan.

Good morning, everyone.

I'm looking forward to walking you through what we've been working on.

First, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the city of Las Vegas and its board members for accepting our application and considering our community for the neighborhood partners fund grant.

So, and here we go.

Come on in.

We've been expecting you.

And flowers can turn a plain entrance into a warm and welcoming space.

It's a small touch, but makes a big difference.

This is the kind of welcome everyone deserves to come home to.

Right here, we have the same space telling two completely different stories.

One's empty, one's full of life.

Which one feels like home?

No more signs, just a peaceful welcoming entrance.

You can have that by day, by night.

As you can see, signs, signs everywhere.

Signs, please, no more signs.

We've invested 11,000 in lighting to make our community safer and more energy efficient with the grant's help.

Our solar lighting ideas would take that uh commitment even further.

So we have put in flood lights just recently, and we've also put carport lamps in to go along with the lighting for our community.

I wanted to point out why our trees were removed, and now we urgently need replanting to provide relief from summer heat and help reduce our residence energy costs.

We had tree roots that were breaking our irrigation lines, cracking our walls, and actually entering our homes through the bathroom commodes.

Um, in protecting what we have, we lost something just as important our shade.

So all our trees that were taken out, we lost a lot of shade.

Our homes uh directly um where the sun's hitting, it's just it's unbearable heat.

I I experience it myself in my condo.

Um, and also uh the irrigation lines, as you can see as we go forward here.

Um the flooding and the damage, the roots have caused.

We have leaks, uh, the the tree roots at work turning our irrigation lines into waterfalls, one leak at a time.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg here.

We have leaks everywhere, almost on a daily basis.

It's like really horrendous to come home and see you know, flooded areas.

So we really need to address that.

And also, it affects uh you know our landscaping costs, it affects power bills, plumbing issues.

Making smarter tree choices will protect our irrigation, plumbing, and our budget.

When that sun turns up, that's proof that too much sun is expensive.

So we really need to bring on that shade.

And all I can say is trees.

That's our big issue.

If we only had some trees, shade from trees will keep our homes cool, and the uh our bills a lot lower.

So these are two homes here without trees.

I just took a couple pictures to show you.

Um shade's not an extra, it's basically it's essential.

It's it's really something that we need.

These are the same homes without that you just saw recently without the trees.

So this is uh I say a picture's worth a thousand words.

What these trees could do for for our neighborhood.

Okay, investing in solar lighting, shade and landscaping will make our neighborhoods thrive, reduce costs for our friends and neighbors, and investing in solar lighting, trees and landscaping will transform our community and enhance safety, reducing costs and creating a cooler, more livable environment for our residents.

More shade, less heat, no root issues.

And you can meet some of our neighbors here.

The um I took a few pictures of some of the folks in the neighborhood just to show you that on their patios, trying to get away from the sun.

So it's a beautiful day in our neighborhood, just people sitting out and enjoying the weather, and of course, I always feel like there's no place like home.

So they bike in, they come by wagon, so there's no place like home.

Our patios are like fingerprints, no two are alike, and some are extra colorful, and some speak louder than words.

So, as you can see, from cozy to comfortable, this is home.

Every patio tells a story in our neighborhood.

Everybody has their own little way of decorating and bringing our neighborhood to life.

See, there they come, they're coming in too.

While we come together to solve challenges in our community, we also come together to celebrate it.

Our community isn't just about working towards solutions, it's about connection, laughter, and making memories together.

As the song goes, we are family, and we certainly are in Winchester.

We do celebrate a lot in our community.

Our 4th of July, our people getting together, our Christmas parties, our neighbors are always coming together and and enjoying the holidays with each other.

Santa came this year, came in with a big loud ho-ho-ho.

The kids loved it.

I was so glad we were able to do that for them.

And of course, we have our uh decorating contests every year, and there's our first prize winner.

So our goal is was to share our story in a way that's fun and informative.

We hope our story was engaging and helped convey the importance of our community's needs.

Sorry, our communities, little worker bees turning plans into reality, teamwork into action.

These these busy bees get things done.

We were on a uh clock, and we were and it was ticking down, and we were trying so hard to get done and get everything into everyone, but I'm happy to say we did make it.

And these are some of our board members and a couple of our neighbors that were out helping getting things ready for the for the grant.

So thank you, everyone on the board for taking the time to listen to our presentation.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Um we're looking forward to having some support with our community, our our people in the community will be helping to do a lot.

And hopefully, with your support, we'll be able to achieve some of our goals.

You're all done.

Thank you so much.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you, everyone.

Thank y'all for all the hard work you put into this.

This is Chair Becker for the record.

Um, I'm looking at your landscape quote, and I see the word oleander in here.

Um, my question about that is do you have existing oleanders?

Are they planning to remove them?

Are you putting in new oleanders?

We do have oleander along the wall.

Um, we're not putting in any more oleander.

Okay.

Um, the reason I ask is because um they might be contributing to your root problems.

They're really invasive, they do get really big and create um you know some shade.

I I would suggest not keeping them.

Um I see that in this section in their quote, they're actually talking about giving them fertilizer.

I would highly suggest not doing that because they will get huge and their root systems are really invasive.

Um if they could change your quote to give you something that is um it doesn't have to be native to the desert, but that is better for the desert environment because the oleanders here, they just suck up all the water from other plants and they go find it anywhere and they break into pipes and stuff.

Um of the trees do as well, but I would really suggest not having oleanders, and if you do have sections of existing oleanders, having them replace them maybe with some 15-gallon trees.

That's uh one of the things we're looking into.

The trees were more uh our issue closer to the to the buildings.

Um they had taken out I don't know how many pine trees because they've really they came through.

I mean, I was one that it came right through the bathroom and it was awful.

So, yeah, we are we did take out quite a few trees and we wanted to replace those for shade, you know, for those for those areas.

Yeah, because in the past, a lot of landscapers did pine trees, oleanders, and a couple other kinds of trees that just weren't um meant to be in the desert.

Um, and that's kind of what happened.

Thank you for the point about the oleander though.

We will talk to our landscaper about that.

Thank you.

Other than that, everything looks good.

Um, and I love that you have the LED lighting as well.

That's gonna save on energy replacing lights with LED lights.

Any other questions from board members?

Member Trent?

Are you a 50?

Matthew Trump here for the record.

Are you a 55 in older community or no?

Oh no.

No.

No, we're not.

Member Goodsell for the record.

I'm way down here.

Um, you are an HOA, correct?

Correct.

Do you have funds that you'll be using for this to match from your reserve studies for any of this?

We will be using as much money as we possibly can to get the whole project done.

If we have to add to it, yes, we will be.

Okay.

And there are other items that we didn't even mention that we are going to be taking care of also.

Okay.

And then um, if you are really set on oleanders, they do make a dwarf oleander now.

But um to um Liz is sorry, chairman's a point.

There, there are other options.

A really good option is a bay laurel.

It can be a tree or a bush, very non-invasive root system.

It's more columnal, so it doesn't spread out and provides nice um shade as well.

And blueberries, depending upon how much um Japanese blueberries are another good consideration, depending upon their location.

They can up against a hot wall, they could get scorched in the summer.

But um, but they are non-invasive as well.

Might be good considerations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh may I uh we've had a couple of walk arounds with our landscapers.

Uh very uh uh ideal uh outfit, and they have uh gave us ideas on here or there and this and that.

Uh so they'll be working with us very stringent on the new phase of our future of what we see uh so we don't come across the past problems and the leaks and things like that that other people now in our community are concerned about as well.

So thank you for that moment.

Well, we appreciate everyone on the board for taking the time to watch our presentation.

We hope that you enjoyed hearing and seeing our vision and plans for the Winchester community.

Thank you and have a great day, everybody.

Thank you.

I think one more member.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Quick question.

Right here about the no parking sign.

Uh where is this no parking sign?

The signs are all over our gates.

And then we have um we created a new welcome type sign.

I think it shows in the one aisle in there.

You can see it there because we want to put a solar light under it.

And it puts all the information on that for the uh community.

Is that what you're referring to?

It's well, I'm looking at the Titan construction.

I know what you're talking about.

There was a couple areas in our community that we needed to put a couple no parking signs because they were um loading zones and people were parking there.

So we wanted to uh because the the residents were we had uh older residents, it was easier for them to pull up there and be able to unload whatever they had.

So people started parking, even with the striped lines.

So we wanted to get a few no parking signs in those areas to allow you know the uh people to have access to when they needed it.

Okay, so the property would that be on private property.

I'm I'm trying to understand where the no parking sign would be because we have in the past the city installed you know different kinds of signs, so it depends upon if it's private property or it is private property.

We were told a few things that we wanted to accomplish that we couldn't get help with because we are private property, like the painting of the curbs and fire hydrants and things.

So that's something that we're gonna take on.

It's one of our projects that we're gonna be doing.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Member Strata, do you have a question?

Yes, board members.

I had a question um regarding the uh in kind donation.

Um who is Winchester maintenance card?

Is that your HOA or yes?

Okay, so that's just uh labor.

Is that what that is?

Or from the HOA?

Yeah, what what the donation is.

They were actually going to donate a couple hundred dollars, they said towards whatever we needed if we needed anything extra.

They said they would make you know a donation.

Well, you have a 77843 that's listed as a uh uh in-kind amount.

I'm not sure about that.

I'm looking at the right one.

Yeah, Joe Sky goes at the with neighborhood services.

Um, so when speaking with the association, so the total project costs is over the $10,000 asked, it's 10,778 43, and they were going to pay the difference of 77843, and so that's considered a cash contribution, which way it's under the donations part.

I forgot about that.

I'm sorry.

And that should be on a uh uh attachment three uh uh donor pledge letter.

So we're requesting that, please.

Okay.

Okay, any other questions?

Perfect.

Okay, so with and with that, that's just one document that you can submit um to neighborhood services and then they'll upload it for us.

Okay, all right.

But thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Yes, appreciate everyone's time.

I appreciate you coming out.

So that um concludes item four on the agenda, but I wanted to make sure um everyone on the board is aware.

Our deliberation meeting is on April 20th.

That's gonna be at 1 p.m.

In the past, these meetings um we haven't had to have that much discussion about how are we going to figure out the budget this year.

Um, because we have 20 different organizations asking for money and we only have 80,000 to give out, we're gonna have to have a much more substantial conversation about how we are deciding who to give money to and the specific amounts per organization.

So that's something at that meeting that we will have to decide as a board.

Um, but what I would say is to make it as easy as possible, please be sure to score um all of the applications beforehand and to give neighborhood services time.

If you see something that's missing, please just email Yohaska and ask her to have them submit it so that when we do go into deliberations, we have all the information because we're not um gonna have time to then collect it after that.

And then I would say think about um coming with an idea of what your idea is for how we as a group can decide um what we're funding because um when we score them all, uh neighborhood services will put together a sheet that has an average of all of our scores so that we will get a handout that shows who scored the highest and um down to the lowest.

But we get to decide as a board how to use those scores and how to allot the $80,000.

So come excited.

Oh, are you here for public comment?

That's our next section.

Okay, hold on one moment.

Let me introduce public comment.

I'm new, so I don't know how the protocol goes, but I don't want to.

Oh, perfect.

I'll introduce public comment and then you can come to the table.

Okay, thank you.

So I think that closes out for um agenda item five is citizens' participation.

Uh, this is our public comment period.

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

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

If you wish to be heard, please come forward and give your name for the record.

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

So please feel free to introduce yourself for public comment.

First name Edward, last name Jacobs.

My company's Jack Rabbit Transportation LLC.

Uh, first of all, excuse my attire.

Uh I'm just I'm leaving one business coming to see you guys.

Uh I don't really know how I really got in the West Side group, and then again I do.

So I'm gonna make this real quick.

Um William McCurdy, I gave them a call because I wanted to get some grant money, and they told me that they would call me back.

Well, 15 minutes later, checking out my credentials and where I live, they called me right back to say I was funding up and up.

I've been living in West Las Vegas for 69 years.

I've been having logistics business for eight years.

Now I'm gonna speak the truth.

I'm not gonna speak racism, I'm speaking the truth.

By me living in Las Vegas for 72 years, that project that was done where New Jay is.

I also do installs.

There was not one, not one minority on that business.

The reason I know that, because anytime there's a contracting trailer, that's when I go do my proposal, talk to them.

Okay, I go in, it's a 24-year-old Spanish guy.

And even if I did get the contract, they're gonna sabotage me as many times they can.

And I don't blame them.

Everybody's speaking Spanish, I don't speak Spanish.

Okay, but those projects, I don't know how I can get in.

I really don't.

And the reason I think Mr.

Reason with Ms.

McCurdy called me, my brother-in-law is Mr.

Bronson, my sister's sister, Janet Brother.

Um Brenda Flank, she may know who's my sister is because like I said, my sister's a big time evangelist.

Well, that's one reason they call me back.

So, like I said, I'm trying my best to all these projects are going on.

The library.

I I I could do I could deliver to the library.

I can't get no foothold point blank on how to even get a grant.

And when I do, like I said, I am so amazed that they even call me back and put me in the West Side group.

Like I said, I know about protocol.

I'm handicapped.

My very first contract was with the government.

Okay, well, with the government, but at that time we wasn't ready.

And this is very important.

I guess I make this quick.

They give us a contract, moving four tons of dirt in Detroit to excavators and job truck.

I don't know anything about no excavator, so I had to leave that.

Right now, like I said, I have a portfolio out of this one.

I do Nike, I do Gallagher, I do five below.

I want to be able to be able, and like I say, I register where I live.

That's where my company comes out.

I want to know what I can do instead of making phone calls and people say they're gonna do this, that, and the other, and they throw it in the garbage can.

I've done feasibility studies, I do, I did I did uh uh uh business plans.

One thing I'll already know about business, you never want to go into business with a half a glass of wine.

If you can't get a bottle to get drunk, don't do it.

So I've used all I've used my money.

Okay, I've all but it I was always been understanding.

Do not use your money to be in business.

So that's why I'm here to figure out that can I get a package?

Can I get a grant?

And what do I have to do to get that package and to provide that grant?

I hope I didn't ramble on.

I hope I didn't go too fast.

Like I said, I only got five minutes.

This is my first, this is my first rodeo.

I've never been in front of you guys.

And I like I say, I'm amazed that they would send me this, send this to me and put me in the West Side group.

But evidently they checked out and know where I stay.

They know my credentials, and that's what it was sent to me.

So I'm gonna shut up and then let you listen.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here.

I'm gonna check with neighborhood services or legal.

Um, so with neighborhood partners fund board.

I know that you mentioned Commissioner McCurdy, but this is a city board, so I don't know if that's something that we can handle unless you're asking specifically to be involved um with West Side Community Association and their grant.

To me, miss, it doesn't matter if it's city or county.

I don't care.

I just want to be in the parade.

Okay.

Um Deputy City Attorney Chris Lavigalhead for the record.

I'm not necessarily sure the address that he's referring to or where the business is located.

Um but if you can provide at least that information, we can at least see if it's in the city's limits or the county.

Um can you specify what the address is?

I guess it's for your business you're looking for, Drew.

I'm I'm in the zone.

I live on D Street, off of D Street.

Is Councilman uh McCurdy your representative?

I would think so, yes, ma'am.

Okay, so then that it sounds like that is the county.

Um the city limits are different from the county limits, so that it most likely any grants that you're looking to receive would be through the county, which is just up the street.

Okay.

Um I can't I I I can't I cannot apply for a grant within the city because I stay in the county, I must do it within the county.

I'm trying to get an understanding.

From my under oh, sorry, go ahead.

Um I believe that's war five.

That address on Frederick.

I can't.

Your addresses on Frederick.

Yes.

It's in Ward Five.

It's in Ward Five.

As far as the city is concerned, that's Ward Five.

Okay.

Councilwoman Summers Armstrong.

Okay.

Um I don't know if we want to route him to Word Five's department.

Okay, so one option you have is um contacting the councilwoman here in the city of Las Vegas whose ward you are in based on the address you provided.

Um so that's gonna be councilwoman and Summers Armstrong, and they'll be able to assist you with providing additional information as far as what grants you might be able to be eligible for.

Okay.

And do you need that information?

Will that be email to me?

Will that be uh maybe to provide my email?

What how how how would they get back in contact?

Uh member Trevino for the records, sir.

So just to understand, you're looking for funds for your business.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

So this board right now with the neighborhood partners fund.

Okay.

Which we provide people have to apply many months ago.

Okay.

Um you have to like get approved.

And this is like HOAs or na uh neighborhood association associations.

Okay.

And this money, if if it gets approved, we give it to them just to do like I don't know, lining or trees or things like that.

It has nothing to do with businesses.

Okay.

So just so you know.

Okay.

Um, depending where you live, we the city does have like business licensing, or we do have a UD, which is economic urban development that you can talk to to see if there's any any grants that the city can give you uh for your business.

This is not the money we're giving right now, if we're giving any, this is not for businesses, okay.

Um I don't I don't know what they send you here, but it's okay.

Um depending where you live, we can see if it's part of the city.

Oh no, where you live, where your business is.

Okay.

Uh it could be the city, it can be the county.

W we we have different kind of like we have different areas.

Right.

It's like kind of like the state, right?

We have Las Vegas, we have Reno, we have different jurisdictions.

Uh and the county and the city work differently.

So depending where you are, um we'll see who can help you.

Okay.

Um, I don't um what if we do this?

What if you give us your contact information?

Yes, ma'am.

And we can uh write me your name, your number and your address, and we'll figure who you what are you at?

Okay, and go from there.

What about that?

Uh give this lady right here.

Yes, thank you.

Perfect.

Okay, thank you so much.

I was nervous, I'm okay.

Thank you so much.

I can't write.

All right, seeing no one else for public comment.

I think I can close out um agenda item five and move on to adjournment.

So this meeting is now adjourned.