City of Las Vegas Recommending Committee Meeting - May 18, 2026
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City of Las Vegas Recommending Committee Meeting - May 18, 2026
The Recommending Committee of the Las Vegas City Council met on May 18, 2026, at 16:57 UTC (9:57 AM PDT) to consider several routine items. All items were approved unanimously and will be forwarded to the May 20, 2026 City Council meeting for final adoption.
Public Comments & Testimony
No members of the public provided testimony during the public hearing portions or the citizen participation segment.
Discussion Items
- Bill 2026-18 – Special Improvement District No. 614 (Sky Summit, Phase 1): Ordinance creating SID 614 for a 128.28‑acre parcel to be developed into 880 single‑family residential units by Olympia Companies. The district includes street, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, drainage, and water projects. Staff recommended approval. Motion carried unanimously.
- Bill 2026-19 – Assessment of Improvements (SID 614): Ordinance levying and assessing local improvement costs against benefited properties in SID 614. Staff recommended approval. Motion carried unanimously.
- Bill 2026-20 – Bond Issuance (SID 614): Ordinance authorizing issuance and sale of $11,555,000 in local improvement bonds (Series 2026) to finance infrastructure. The Finance Director initially stated a 20‑year term but corrected it to 30‑year bonds. Motion carried unanimously.
- Bill 2026-21 – Annexation No. 26‑0110‑anx1 (Alexander Road and Juliano Road): Ordinance annexing 2.6 acres owned by Blackstone Land Development LLC into the city with RE (Residential Estate) zoning (equivalent to county RS20). A council member noted it is in Ward 4 and expressed a preference that the applicant discuss development plans with them before annexation. Motion carried unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- All four bills (2026-18, 2026-19, 2026-20, 2026-21) received unanimous committee approval.
- The bills will be placed on the May 20, 2026 City Council agenda for final adoption.
- The bond term for Bill 2026-20 was confirmed as 30 years.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, we're gonna start now. Good morning. This is the recommending committee for May eighteenth, two thousand twenty-six. We are called to order. And Miss Jackie, are we in compliance with the open meeting law? Yes, we are. Thank you so much. First item is public comment. Comment during this question of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. If you wish to be heard, please come forward now. Item number five is bill number twenty twenty-six dash eighteen for possible action ordinance creating the city of Las Vegas, Nevada Special Improvement District Number Six Fourteen. Sky Summit, Phase One, ordering a street project, storm sewer project, sanitary sewer project, drainage project, and water project within the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and providing other matters related there too. Proposed by Michael Cunningham, Acting Director of Public Works. Hello. Good morning, Mayor Pro Temp and members of Council. My name is Alala Malamo, Engineering Project Manager with the Department of Public Works for the Record. This order, this ordinance orders the creation of special improvement district 614 Sky Summit phase one. SID 614 is generally located west of Clark County Beltway and north of West Tropical Procry in Ward 4. It consists of prof approximately of 128 28 innate accessible acres and is intended to be developed into 880 single family residential units. Uh with cost assessed according to the benefits received by the parcels within SID 6461471. The requesting developer is uh Olympia Companies and staff recommends approval. Thank you so much. This is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment. Hearing and seeing none, I will open it up for any questions or a motion up on the dais. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Move to approve bill number two zero two six hyphen one eight. There's a motion, please vote. And post that item passes and will be up for adoption on the May 20th, 2020 City Council meeting. Moving on to item number six, bill number 2026-19 for possible action. Ordinance concerning City of Las Vegas, Nevada Special Improvement District Number 614, Sky Summit, Phase 1, assessing the cost of local improvements against the accessible property benefited by the local improvements and providing other matters related there too, proposed by Michael Cunningham, Acting Director of Public Works. And you're up again. Thank you. Uh Mayor Pro Temp and members of Council. My name is Lala Malamundarian Project Manager with the Department of Public Works for the Record. This ordinance is regarding the previously described SID 614. Specifically, this book concerns living and assessing the cost of local improvements against accessible properties benefited by the improvements. And staff recommends approval. Thank you so much. And this is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment. Hearing and seeing none, we'll close the public comment period and entertain uh any questions or a motion. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Move to approve bill number two zero two six, hyphen one nine. There's a motion, please poke, please vote. And that item passes and will be up for adoption on the May 20th, 2026 City Council meeting. Moving on to item number seven, bill number 2026-20 for possible action. Ordinance authorizing the issuance and sell by the city of its special improvement district number 614 Sky Summit phase one. Local improvements, bonds series 2026, approving the form of certain documents with respect to such bonds, ratifying action taken by city officers toward the issuance of such bonds and providing other matters related thereto, proposed by Gail Lloyd Likos, Director of Finance. It authorizes the issuance and sale of local improvement bonds and the principal amount of 11,555,000, which will be used to finance the construction of the public infrastructure included in the SID.
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