Good morning, everybody.

Please take your seats.

The July One, Twenty Twenty Six meeting of the City Council is called to order.

This meeting has been properly noticed and posted in compliance with the open meeting law.

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Before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Deacon Tomas Garcia, the light of the world church, and please remain standing for the pledge.

Welcome.

Thank you, Mayor.

Almighty and gracious God.

We gather today with grateful hearts, mindful that we come from many backgrounds, stories, and even beliefs.

Yet we are united by a shared love for this city and a shared responsibility for its future.

We thank you for the people of Las Vegas for the diversity that strengthens us for the resilience that has carried so many through hardship and for the hope that keeps neighbors building serving and starting again.

We ask that you fill this chamber today with the spirit of profound reflection for the responsibilities of civic leadership are heavy.

The choices made within these walls are not merely administrative.

They ripple outward into every corner of our city, into our homes, our schools, and our neighborhoods.

Every decision touches the everyday lives of families who simply want to live in peace and dignity.

Lord, we confess that in our human strength, we cannot see every consequence.

We need your help to choose what is right rather than what is merely easy.

So we ask, fill this room with wisdom, grant our mayor, council members, and every public servant clarity of mind and steadiness of heart, integrity that cannot be moved, humility that truly listens, and courage that protects what is just and good.

Where there are differences, grant respect.

Where there is tension, grant patience.

Where there is uncertainty, grant light.

Those in leadership and those unseen, those who protect our safety, maintain our streets, strengthen our infrastructure, educate our children, serve visitors and residents, care for the vulnerable, and also for those who carry heavy burdens quietly.

May our work today bear good fruit, and may Las Vegas be a place where people feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.

In your holy name we pray, Amen.

Amen.

And may I ask you, Deacon, to lead us in the pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic.

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

Thank you so much.

We will now proceed to the ceremonials.

This is a very exciting day at City Hall, where we have the opportunity and the pleasure to swear in two of our council women who have been re-elected by almost acclamation.

We're very delighted.

I can't think of any two more talented, hard-working city council people than the two women that we're honoring today.

They join a group of city council people that work hard, understand their responsibilities under the law, uh, take care of their wards and the people that call their wards home, and more importantly, care so much about the city of Las Vegas.

They do a very, very outstanding job and work hard every single day on behalf of their constituents.

So with that, um uh I want to thank, thank you, and we'd like to start our ceremonials with the swearing in of our two councilwomen from Ward 4 and 6.

We will have presentations and photographs with each as we proceed.

First, it is my honor to administer the oath of office to ward four, Councilwoman Frances Alan Polenski.

Would you please join me at the podium?

Very cool.

Um, I would like to invite her husband Steve Polensky and their son David to join us.

How are you?

Good to see you.

You two.

I would also like to invite Sarah and Michaela, her special assistants to the council to join us as well.

It is so very nice to have all of you here as we celebrate uh councilwoman Polenski's um re-election.

Although I'm not sure we would call it a re-election, uh an affirmation, I suppose.

Um David, I understand that you're gonna be uh holding the family bible outstanding.

Okay, you're all in the right position.

Um at this time I am very pleased to administer the oath and uh have you duly sworn in for the next four years.

Please raise your right hand and repeat after me.

I state your name.

I Frances Alan Palency do solemnly swear that I will support, protect, and defend.

That I will support, protect, and defend.

The Constitution and Government of the United States.

The Constitution and Government of the United States.

And the Constitution and Government of the State of Nevada.

And the Constitution and Government of the State of Nevada.

Against all enemies, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign.

Whether domestic or foreign.

And I will bear true faith.

And I will bear true faith.

Allegiance and loyalty to the same.

Allegiance and loyalty to the same.

Any ordinance, resolution, any ordinance, resolution.

Or law of any state notwithstanding.

Or law of any state notwithstanding.

And further.

And further.

That I am not under any direct or indirect.

That I am not under any direct or indirect.

Obligation to vote for.

Obligation to vote for.

Appoint.

Appoint.

Or elect.

Or elect.

Any person to any office.

Any person to any office.

Position or employment.

Position or employment.

In the city government of the city of Las Vegas.

The city government within the city of Las Vegas.

And further.

And further.

That I will faithfully perform.

That I will faithfully perform.

The duties of the office.

The duties of the office.

On which I am about to enter.

And which the duties of the office in which I'm about to enter.

And further.

And further.

It is my that my bona fide address.

Further, that my bona fide address is shown herein.

Is shown here in.

And I will immediately notify the city of Las Vegas.

I will immediately notify the City of Las Vegas of any change of address.

Of any change of address.

During my term of office.

During my term of office.

So help me God.

So help me God.

Congratulations.

So happy for you.

We are pleased to present you with your civic certificate of election.

Our mayor pro tem will do that.

Yay.

Thank you.

Very good.

You got a job of four years.

Francis, I am sure everybody here would like to hear you say a few words.

Would you do that for us?

All right.

I think the mayor's gonna hand me.

Oh, I'm okay.

Good morning.

I am incredibly honored and grateful to accept a second term serving the residents of Ward Four.

This election was unopposed.

Something that hasn't happened in the city of Las Vegas in a city council race since the early 2000s.

Back then, many of us were carrying flip phones, burning CDs, and watching the first seasons of American Idol.

While a lot has changed over the years, one thing remains the same.

People want leaders who listen, work hard, and put community first.

I don't view an unopposed election as a personal achievement.

I view it as a vote of confidence in the work we've accomplished together and a reminder of the responsibility that comes with serving the citizens of Las Vegas.

Over the past four years, we have made meaningful progress.

We've invested in parks and recreational opportunities, strengthened public safety, improved infrastructure, supported local businesses, and community events.

And every day we've worked hard to make Ward Four a place where families are proud to live.

But none of those accomplishments belong to one person.

They belong to all of us.

They belong to the residents who share their ideas and concerns.

They belong to city staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes.

Can we get some love for city staff?

They belong to my fellow council members whose partnership and collaboration makes so much possible.

As Mayor Berkeley often says, we attract millions of tourists a year who think Las Vegas is the greatest place on earth to visit.

It's my goal to make Las Vegas the greatest place on earth to live.

I'm gonna work on my Shelly Berkeley.

Madam Mayor, together we are moving our city forward with the spirit of teamwork that make it one of the most desirable places to live.

I want to extend a special thank you to Bradley Mayor and Shannon Bentham.

Your support, guidance, friendship, and belief in me have been invaluable throughout this journey.

To my family, especially my son, David Pelenski, take your kid to work, mock City Council Mayor Pro Tem, and my husband, Steve Falenski.

Thank you.

Public service is never a solo endeavor.

Every late night meeting, every weekend event, every challenge along the way was made possible because of your patience, love, and unwavering support.

And finally, to the voters, supporters, volunteers, and residents of Ward Four.

Thank you for your trust.

Serving this community has been one of the greatest honors of my life.

While I'm proud of what we've accomplished, I'm even more excited about what's ahead.

The foundation is strong.

The opportunities are tremendous, and the future of Ward Four has never been brighter.

I pledge to continue to serve with humility, determination, and gratitude.

I look forward to building that future together, where everyone wishes they lived in Las Vegas.

Thank you for everything.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, yes, pictures.

Let me put this down.

Yeah, family person.

Okay.

Could we put our staff in there too, and then we'll all come.

Very good, Mayor.

Then City Council.

Let's give Francis another round of applause.

I've never run unopposed, but I bet I'd be very good at it.

Our next oath of office that will be administered today is for our Ward Six Councilwoman, Nancy Bruni.

Nancy, would you please join me at the podium?

I would also like to invite her husband, the honorable Richard F.

Bulware the Second to join us.

Very good.

Thank you.

I'm standing next to your wife.

Okay, all right.

And her, let me see, their daughters.

Um, oh I'm well.

Oh neanna, thank you.

Zufine and their son Khalil.

Any of that sounds familiar.

Nancy's mother, Dr.

Jill Parker, and her sister Rebecca Bruni, please join us as well.

And I would like to also invite Blanca Madison and Ellie, her special assistants to the council to join us as well.

We are so excited that you're all here with us today at City Hall to be a part of this very auspicious occasion.

Dr.

Parker and Rebecca, I understand you will be holding the family Bible.

All right, perfect.

At this time, Judge Bulware, will you please administer the oath of office?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Okay.

Please state your name.

Nancy Bruni.

Oh, okay.

I can hold it.

There we go.

And repeat after me.

I do solemnly swear.

I do solemnly swear.

That I will support and protect.

That I will support and protect.

And defend the Constitution.

And defend the Constitution.

And the government of the United States.

And the government of the United States.

And the Constitution and Government.

And the Constitution and Government.

Of the state of Nevada.

Of the state of Nevada.

Against all enemies.

Against all enemies.

Whether domestic or foreign.

Whether domestic or foreign.

And that I will bear true faith.

And that I will bear true faith.

Allegiance, loyalty to the same.

Allegiance and loyalty to the same.

Any ordinance.

Any ordinance.

Resolution.

Resolution.

Or law of any state.

Or law of any state.

Notwithstanding.

Notwithstanding.

And further.

I am not.

That I'm not.

Under any direct or indirect.

Under any direct or indirect.

Obligation to vote for.

Obligation to vote for.

Appoint.

A point.

Or elect any person.

Or elect any person.

To any office.

To any office.

Position.

Position.

Or employment.

Or employment.

In the city government.

In the city government.

Of the city of Las Vegas.

Of the city of Las Vegas.

And further.

That I will faithfully perform.

That I will faithfully perform.

The duties of the office.

The duties of the office.

On which I'm about to enter.

On which I'm about to enter.

So help me God.

So help me God.

And further.

And further.

My bona fide address.

My bona fide address.

Shown herein.

Shown herein.

Well, I excuse me.

And I will immediately notify the city of Las Vegas.

And I will immediately notify the city of Las Vegas.

Of any change of address.

Of any change of address.

During my term of office.

During my term of office.

Congratulations.

My dear loving wife.

Nancy, would you mind saying a few words to all of us that are gathered here today?

I was trying to be vain and not use my glasses, but practicality has uh won out over vanity.

So thank you everyone for being here.

I'm honored and um humbled to be standing here before you with my family and my team.

Um I admit that as the incumbent, I thought there was a pretty good chance that I would uh be standing up here again, but I will admit I didn't think I would win outright with over 50% of the vote.

And it turns out after talking to a lot of good friends after Tuesday night, they also said the same thing.

So I've had a few weeks to think about what that means, and here's where I've landed.

Ward six neighbors, and there are so many in the room today, and I'm so blessed and grateful that you're here.

They didn't vote for a party.

Ward six voted for someone who shows up consistently.

It turns out people over politics isn't just a bumper sticker or a cute campaign slogan.

It's actually an electoral strategy, a long-term one, and one that actually is uh pretty effective.

And maybe that's the real lesson here.

Maybe we can rebuild trust in our political system, one donut, or one bocadito, or one since sunset yoga session, one pothole filled, one call or email returned, one person at a time deciding that you're not the enemy.

You're just a lady who hosts monthly coffees and keeps her promises.

So I look out in the audience and I see a lot of lawyers and lobbyists and elected officials, and so I think you would all agree that uh politics tends to be a team contact sport.

So as such, I have had a great team, and I do want to share a couple of thank yous.

I want to thank all the friends who knocked on doors during the hot Saturday mornings with me.

Thank you to the friends who phoned a neighbor and rallied the troops.

Thank you to everyone who opened up your living room and hosted meet and greet meetings.

Thank you to my donors who bet on me even before the polling gave them a reason to, and thank you truly to every single voter of Ward 6, the ones who've been with me since day one.

I also want to thank my work team, Blanca, Ellie, and Madison.

They're the ones who answer every single phone call and return every single email, including the ones that come in at 11 o'clock PM in capital letters with a few words that I can't uh share today publicly.

And um, and so they truly are the face of Ward Six and make me look far more competent than I actually am.

So thank you.

And then there's my family.

I want to thank my mom and sister who flew in from San Antonio.

My sister actually surprised me last night.

I didn't know she was coming, so it's extra special.

My mom came from England when she was 26 to America, knowing no one, and she has instilled in me and in my sister a deep love of this country and our deep faith.

And so thank you, mom.

And I want to thank my husband and my kids who have stood by the last year watching our dining room table transform into campaign headquarters filled with volunteer sign-up sheets and yard signs.

I promise I will clean the table this weekend.

Thank you for your grace and patience.

We are standing here today because Ward 6 neighbors saw what we've been doing for the past four years.

They've seen that we show up.

During the campaign, news reporters asked me what my priorities were going to be for the next four years.

My response was that we're gonna keep doing what we've been doing.

And so the last four years, just to summarize, really have focused on three pillars.

The first one is housing.

And that's not just a talking point, but a math problem with a human face.

You can't build a community out of people who are one step away from losing their home or their apartment.

The Gospel of Matthew has a line that guides much of my service.

I was a stranger and you welcomed me.

Housing policy isn't spiritual.

It's zoning and permitting and infrastructure and many meetings about variances and setbacks.

But underneath it all is the guiding principle.

Make room for people.

And that's my job.

The second pillar is livable communities.

We'll continue our quest to build livable communities with family-friendly amenities, sidewalks that go somewhere, parks and pickleball courts.

See Patty back there, and safe streets where you can walk to school without risking your life.

Benjamin Franklin once said, a great empire, like a great cake is most easily diminished at the edges.

He was talking about nations.

I'm talking about neighborhoods.

If you neglect the edges of a neighborhood, the broken sidewalk, the overgrown weeds on medians, the empty strip malls, eventually the whole cake falls apart.

So no, we are not skipping the edges in Ward 6.

Every street gets frosting.

And I'd like to take a moment to thank our public works, our traffic team, our safety team, and our uh code enforcement teams because they knew all too well that ward six does not skip the edges.

The third and final pillar of this idea is neighbors taking care of each other.

I ran on a platform or of making Ward 6 the place where neighbors take care of each other, and I'm very proud of the work that we've done.

The work this is the work I care most about, and I want you to know it's the work that Vegas is already doing.

We know how to do it.

We don't often get credit for it because the rest of the country still thinks that this town is only casinos and bad decisions made at 3 a.m.

But over the past four years, we've had neighbors come together to clean their communities, to start neighborhood associations and execute dozens of service projects.

We've actually been named a global just serve city, one of five cities in the entire world.

So we've been recognized for our big collective service-oriented heart, and we're gonna keep doing that work.

I'd like to close, let's say um, many of you don't know that when I was at Harvard, I actually left college for a year to run off and try to work with Mother Teresa.

That never happened.

I only made as far as New York City and the Catholic worker.

But Mother Teresa remains one of my um, I guess, spiritual role models.

And she said something I think about a lot of times when it feels like the problems in front of us are too big.

She said, we can do no great things, only small things with great love.

To the residents of Ward Six, that's my promise to you.

Not a miracle, just small things done consistently with people paying attention.

I can't promise that I'll get everything right, but I promise I'll show up.

I'll listen and I'll respond to every single text and phone call.

Thank you.

God bless the city.

God bless the state.

And God help the city attorneys and the city clerk's offices, because I have a lot of ideas.

Let's pull that back.

We'll start with family photos.

Yeah, give it to me.

I don't see it here.

Did you like it?

Good, excellent.

Um Nancy, um, I'm so I'm so delighted that the election turned out the way it did.

The fact that you won in the primary saved me a lot of money.

I'm glad I didn't have the mic when I said that.

Um I know how hard you work for the people in ward four.

It's been a pleasure get six.

You work hard for the four.

Yeah, everybody works together.

Um, it's been a pleasure to get to know you.

I've enjoyed every minute of working with all the members of the city council.

And as I have said from the beginning, I can't think of other people that I would rather work with.

That is how good this city council is, shares all of my values and concerns about the community and what our job actually is, and you are emblematic of that.

So thank you so much.

Okay.

And now we are going to proceed to our other ceremonials.

Uh, citizen of the month.

Uh, this is the ceremonial portion of our council agenda.

And for our first item, I want to invite Mayor Pro Tem Knutson to recognize our July citizen of the month.

Mayor, pro Tem.

Thank you so much.

Uh so I'm gonna invite Victoria in America.

This is your chance to come on up here.

So this year, this month's Citizen of the Month is Colin McNaught.

He's the principal at not yet, not yet.

I'm not done talking yet.

At Cimeron Memorial High School, which is in Ward One.

Uh Mr.

McNaught is well known throughout our community.

I I too, it was mentioned this morning that wherever you go, there's somebody who knows Principal McNaught at Simmons Cimarron Memorial.

I heard about him long before I met him, and still his name continue to continue continues to come up uh in the education circles that I'm in.

So he's done a great job representing CCSD, the Clark County School District, done a great job representing Cimarron Memorial High School.

And I just want it to be clear we we in the city of Las Vegas now have crossing guards in middle schools and a couple of high schools.

And it was because of one text, one phone call, and one uh request, which came from Mr.

McNott.

So we are a safer community because he was looking out for the students that he represents at Cimarron Memorial.

Uh he has a whole bunch of accolades, but I think it's better to hear from students than from me.

So I'm gonna turn it over to this is also the student body council.

They are gonna get up for a picture, but not yet.

The student body council at Simarron Memorial High School came to watch Democracy Unfold.

And here we go.

Hello, everybody.

My name is Victoria Torres.

I'm the student body president at Simra Memorial High School, and I'm glad I have the pleasure to be talking about our principal.

When Mr.

McNaught took the lead, he didn't just maintain, he built.

Academically, our CTE programs went from six to sixteen in total.

With ten of those were added right under his leadership.

He pushed it for real college access too.

We just had one UNR dual enrollment class before he started.

Now we're up to 12.

He also brought pre-K to our school because he knows early start and building community matters.

And his support just goes beyond academics.

I did three seasons of sports and he always been there for athletics.

From every home football game to showing up to bowling and even coming to support me for my cross-country regionals.

He's always showed up to support and watch.

He cares whenever an athlete gets injured and make sure they have what they need to recover.

If a student isn't showing up to class, he finds a way to help them get back on track.

He does all this while teaching freshman biology and still watching over our entire campus.

And he doesn't just stop at our campus, he lobbies at higher levels and fights to do what is right for our students.

Every time, that's how Simra Memorial High School got CCSD to pilot a crossing guard position right here at our school, keeping our students safe.

Because of McNaught, students here know that someone has their back in the classroom on the field and walking to school.

He sets the tone that this is a place where students can be seen, supported, and set to success.

McNaught leads with action, not just with words, and our kids are better for it.

Thank you so much.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is America Adame, and it is an honor to recognize someone who has made a lasting impact on our school community.

Activities program.

And the students of Simron Memorial High School, our principal Mr.

McNaught.

Mr.

McNaught is an incredible leader because he truly values student voices.

Though his meetings with our through his meetings with our executive board.

He listens to our ideas, concerns, and feedback, reminding us that our opinions matter and that he is committed to making Simarron the best it can be.

He also goes above and beyond to support student activities, making time to encourage us, guide us, and help our ideas turn into reality while helping us grow as leaders.

I have experienced his support firsthand.

While preparing our bid to host the State Mid-Level Conference, which is the conference for middle schoolers, Mr.

McNaught offered advice, coached me through my presentation, and helped build my confidence.

Because of his mentorship and belief in our team, we were able to earn the opportunity to host a conference this year.

Mr.

McNaught, thank you for believing in us.

Listening to us and creating opportunities for students to succeed.

Your leadership and support have made a lasting impact on our school community.

Congratulations, Mr.

McNaught.

You truly deserve this recognition.

Okay.

So I'm going to invite the students of Simarron Memorial High School to come up in an orderly fashion.

We're going to do it very, very quickly.

And Mr.

McNott, Principal McNaught, it should be Principal McYes.

I don't know.

Come on, come on, not this is your turn to shine.

Orderly, people.

Come on.

Quickly.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

I'll speak first.

You go?

And he took the podium.

I think I'm the only one who didn't write a speech.

So bear with me.

So my name's Colin McNaught.

I am the proud principal of Simron Memorial High School.

I have all of these people behind me, in case you don't believe me, that I am the principal of Simron Memorial High School, because I'm sure there are some of you who are gonna search that right now and make sure that's true.

But I've been the proud principal of Simron Memorial.

This is now my fifth year.

Um and at Simron Memorial, we believe very strongly in supporting each student's Spartan way to and through their next step because we believe that college is A, but not the, and there are lots of next steps that these students behind me are gonna take.

I mean, as you saw, two of them today, um, just fantastic students that we have at Simron Memorial.

And what I really appreciate about um the relationship that we've built with the city council um is the support that we get to ensure that our students can take whatever next step that uh they choose to do.

So, you know, thank you for the support um from the city council from Crossing Guards to all of the different things and and and programs that we want to offer uh for our students.

So um I am excited about this opportunity.

I appreciate the recognition.

Uh I want to thank a few people.

Um first I want to thank Councilman Knutsen for responding to my text, dealing with me.

Uh it can be a little challenging at times when I want something.

Um, but then also for recognizing myself and as well as the students and and the staff at SimRo Memorial.

So thank you.

Um I also want to thank the rest of the city council uh for this recognition.

This is incredible.

Um and and just really gives a great opportunity to shine light on the amazing things happening at Simron Memorial High School and across Clark County School District.

So thank you.

I look forward to the continued support.

Um, as well as uh Mayor Berkeley, thank you very much for this opportunity.

I would love to invite all of you to come see the wonderful things happening at SimRo Memorial whenever you want, because it's good every day.

So you're welcome to come every single day.

Um I also just want to thank a few other people, uh, some of the support systems that that make it possible for me to do the job that I get to do every single day.

Um, first uh I have um this uh my some of my two of my bosses here today, so I want to thank uh both Scarlet and Lindsay.

They do an amazing job as school associate superintendent, region superintendent.

Thank you.

They are the ones that respond to all of my phone calls as well of like, hey, I need this, and they are the first ones in line to help support whatever we need at our school.

So I really appreciate you.

Thank you so much for that.

Um I uh I also have uh my secretary came today uh because um I think uh we we have such a great relationship.

She is like my mom um at the school.

Uh she makes sure that the school runs.

She's the one who really runs the school.

I just show up every day, smile and wave.

Um, but uh she makes sure the school runs.

And so I just want to thank Kim as well for her continued support.

Next, uh my in-laws came today.

Uh and so I appreciate uh them very much for their support.

Um they uh are always cheerleaders for me.

Uh my mother-in-law was sharing this morning that she's the one that hears a lot from various people in the community.

Oh, I know that guy, and I said maybe good, maybe bad, who knows.

Um, I think uh the jury's out on that.

But I appreciate the the support and I thank you so much for being here.

Um I just I can't thank you enough.

So thank you very much.

And then the students uh of Simron Memorial High School.

This is my student council.

Um they are amazing, they advocate for what they want and what they believe should be happening at our school.

We do meet bi-weekly and they bring me a uh laundry list of things.

We actually I make sure that they give me positive things too, and then they bring me like we need to see this and this and this.

And uh I think we do a pretty good job of compromising on what we can and cannot do.

Um and so I want to thank our students uh uh and led by their advisor who is here today, um uh Mr.

Kahana Nui, uh also named uh Simron had a good year.

Um the uh Mr.

Kahana Nui was named the Nevada State Student Council Advisor of the Year, which I think is amazing.

So thank you all.

Um my little ones are here.

Uh I got Isla and Soleil.

Isla's gonna love this.

So Isla, can you just wave real quick for everybody?

Yeah, okay, and then Soleil.

So thank you, thank you, thank you.

Um and then the last thanks I want to give, and I think the most important, what I want to do is I want to actually dedicate the citizen of the month to the true citizen of the month, in my opinion, because um I could not do the job that I do without having the support system that I have um in my life at home in order to ensure that I can be at those basketball games, those football games, those student council events, um, and really everything else that my job requires me to do is because I have and I'm lucky enough to have the most amazing wife that we actually met at Simron Um 13 years ago, yeah.

Um Yeah, we were we were both ninth grade teachers.

Uh we both taught the same students.

Um the students were like, this is a thing.

We were like, it's not a thing, it's not a thing.

Well, now here we are married 13 years later.

So uh apparently it was.

Um and so um I could not do this job without the support of my amazing wife, Rayline.

Um, and so I am dedicating the citizen of the month to again the true citizen of the month who allows me to do what I do, my amazing wife, Rayline.

So thank you.

And so uh I think I appreciate it.

Thank you so much for this.

And oh, you're gonna make me do that.

Okay.

Um, so I uh I I am not I don't love recognition.

I'm gonna be honest with you, it's not my most favorite thing.

I prefer to stand in the background and let them do the thing.

Um, but so the reason I think that uh I got this recognition is because I bother Brian uh Mr.

Knutson so much.

Um, not really, I know what he wants.

So I was actually named uh the 2026 Nevada uh state principal of the year um this year.

Thank you, thank you.

And uh I was final three for national principal of the year.

So it's just cool opportunity.

And and like I said, it's a great opportunity to shine the light on the amazing things happening both at Simra Memorial High School and in the Clark County School District.

So again, and finally, uh I is it further?

Is that what you all kept saying that I need to say I'd like to continue and further, yeah.

So and further.

Thank you so much for this uh recognition.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you.

I have a claque for you.

Okay, family, you're gonna come on up for a picture right after the student picture, but for someone who does not like recognition, that was a long speech, right?

Okay, we're gonna do a quick picture.

I'm gonna stand on the start.

Come on in.

Yes, of course.

You guys are doing great.

Okay, for the real citizen of the month.

Come on up.

Family members coming up now.

And nice job, Victoria and America.

Thank you so much.

I happen to have those albums, but you guys on the end of the year.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, I think we're done.

We will be reconvening the city count.

Oh my heavens to make sure no, this is your day.

You can talk as long as you want.

For our final item, I want to invite Councilwoman Alan Polenski to recognize a special group working to keep children safe.

Councilwoman.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Few things are more heartbreaking than a missing child.

As many of you know, at every city council meeting, I take a moment to share the information about missing children in Nevada.

Because every child deserves to come home, and every family deserves hope.

It only takes one person to recognize a face.

Sharing a post or making a phone call to help the outcome of a family on its worst day.

That's why organizations like Nevada Child Seekers are so important.

Please join me in welcoming the executive team from the Nevada Child Seekers to the podium.

For more than four decades, they have stood besides families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

They have worked tirelessly to locate missing children, support law enforcement efforts, and educate families about safety risks and raise awareness through our community.

At this time, I would like to invite Margarita Edwards, executive director of Nevada Child Seekers to share a few words.

So, as mentioned, we've been around since the nineteen eighties before flip phones, landlines, rotary phones.

With over four decades of advocating for missing and exploited children, this is just the beginning.

Helping thousands of families a year with an over ninety three percent success rate.

Thank you again to our mayor, our city council, our law enforcement partners, our nonprofit brothers and sisters, Red Rock Search and Rescue, who show up every day for our kids.

And for our families of missing children.

And we've got a proclamation.

And I'm going to refrain from reading the whole thing, but the most important part, we, the mayor, and the members of the Las Vegas City Council here by proudly proclaim today, July First, Two Thousand Twenty Six, as Nevada Child Seekers Day.

We will be reconvening the City Council meeting in one minute.

May I ask you to please take your seats.

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

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

Please say which agenda item you will be speaking about.

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

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

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

You may also address the council at the end of the meeting during citizens' participation regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the city council.

Although you are not prohibited from speaking during both public comment periods, we kindly ask that your comments are not repetitive.

We will set the time at two minutes.

Does anyone wish to come forward?

Welcome, and would you state your name for the record?

Good morning, Mayor and members of the city council.

My name is Karen Livingston, and I'm a resident of ward six, and it's agenda item five.

Usually when you see me here, I'm my face is here to complain.

However, today I'm here to congratulate Councilwoman Nancy Bruni on taking the oath of office.

I know I speak for many of the residents of Ward 6 when I say we appreciate Nancy's unwavering dedication and unselfishness to our ward.

During the past four years, Nancy has been accessible and receptive to the myriad of concerns of her ward, no matter how small or how large they may be.

Nancy accomplished many things during her first term, and I'd like to highlight a few of them.

Nancy made a campaign promise to bring about a conclusion to the Floyd Lamb Park lawsuit, and she was able to accomplish that within the first 90 days of in her office.

She also stood with the residents who were concerned about Walmart wanting to build a new store near two of our elementary schools.

The Walmart was never built.

Nancy worked hard to keep Ward 6 safe by bringing a badly needed new Metropolitan Police Area Command to our fast-growing ward.

These are just a few of the many things Nancy accomplished during her first term.

I look forward to seeing the many things Nancy will accomplish during the next four years as she works to make ward six the best place to live in, Las Vegas.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome, and would you state your name for the record?

Helena Strauder.

Welcome.

Thank you.

First time, so I might stumble a little, but that's okay.

And I think it's a crime shame with these seniors that's really on a fixed income where Nevada hand goes up on the rent every year.

And three weeks I've been calling public words because the trees are leaning on so they're growing so fast you cannot see the traffic.

So the young man that was on the motorbike, um, but due to the fact that the trees were um was so big when I called public works three weeks ago.

I told them I said, I asked you, would you please trim the trees?

Because when you come to that stop sign, you're not able to see the cars coming so fast.

So ERA is on the corner, and they said, well, we can't trim the trees because the trees belong to Iara.

I say, well, how does an emergency on public trees?

How does it is that working out?

So they gave me the run around for three weeks, so I'm here to ask for some reasons where those trees need to be trimmed.

Is that for me to stop talking?

I'm afraid it is.

I'm gone.

Thank you.

We thank you so much.

Is there anybody else that would like to speak under this agenda item?

Welcome.

Please come forward and state your name.

Good morning, mighty council.

Good morning.

My name is Eric Melkeza De Christ Nimrod.

You can find Christ.

Matter of fact, Christ is a Hermitic man.

When I say Hermitic, I mean the so-called black man.

He's born from a Canaanite woman.

You can fact check that in Genesis the 38th chapter.

Jesus came from a Hamitic, the tribe of Judah.

Came from a Hermitic woman named Tamar.

So the tribe of Judah actually is a Homitic tribe.

As is David, as is uh Solomon.

Be it as it may.

Um I'm for agenda 14, 18, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34.

And the RTC is, whether y'all know it or not, is at war with we the people of Las Vegas, especially the bus drivers.

They love to go past us in the three in the triple degree heat.

They see us out there sweating one in the ride, and you just go right on by.

I'm gonna put it all on you, because you're not driving the bus.

But those bus drivers, it's a sad situation.

They must have a sad, sad home to leave people outside in the heat and just drive right on past them.

And then they want more money, and you want you need to do better training for them and have them pay the price for doing what they do.

Because I'm always complaining.

I'm calling in.

I got all these reference numbers, but these people, they know me.

I think they have my picture up on the wall.

There is go past them.

And I see the people who are standing there, wait for the bus with me.

I say, oh, y'all, y'all in trouble now because they're gonna go right past, and they usually do.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else that wishes to speak under this agenda item?

Seeing no one, we will now move on to agenda item number nine.

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

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

Mayor Pro Tem Canutzin.

Okay.

Do we vote?

Agenda item number 10 for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the June 3rd, 2026 regular city council meeting.

Mayor pro tem, may I have a motion to approve the minutes?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item number 11.

Items number 11 through 31 are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine, are recommended for approval by the departments, and may be enacted in one motion.

Are there any other items the council wishes to bring forward?

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion for the consent agenda for items 11 through 31?

Move to approve items 11 through 31.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Boards and commissions.

Discussion for possible action to elect councilwoman Olivia Diaz to serve as the mayor pro Tem.

Councilman Knutson has served as Mayor Pro Tem since December 21st, 2022.

Is it it is at the mayor's discretion to appoint a council member to this position?

So I move to approve councilwoman Olivia Diaz as Mayor Pro Tem.

Is there anybody that wishes to speak?

Yes, Sandra.

I mean, I'm sorry.

Councilwoman.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.

I'm thank you, Mayor.

Oh my goodness.

Now I'm confused.

All right.

So before we vote, I would just like to say thank you to Councilman Knutson, our current Mayor Pro Tim.

I've watched in awe how you have managed all of these things.

And with such grace and kindness and accuracy and how you've stepped in when need be and led us also with grace and uh accuracy, because you all know I'm relatively new to the way they do things here at City Council, and you've always been a good leader.

So thank you so much.

Um I'm looking forward to continuing to work with you and uh learn and uh serve with you and get some more things done.

It's not over.

We got stuff to do.

So thank you.

Thank you, councilwoman.

Councilwoman Palenski.

Thank you, madam mayor.

Mayor Pro Tem Knutson, thank you for your steady leadership and unwavering commitment to the people of Las Vegas.

Your thoughtfulness and dedication have helped guide our council through some of the most important decisions it has made.

And it's been a pleasure to serve with you.

Councilman Knutson is the longest tenured person up on this dais.

No, second longest person on this dais.

And when I initially got here, he was very gracious in accepting me and helping me learn the ropes.

I'm grateful for his kindness and generosity, and I look forward to his very bright future.

Councilwoman Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

I too would like to thank Councilman Knutson.

He I will say he's instrument he was instrumental in getting me on to the helping me to get on to the city council way back when and since I've arrived, he's been incredibly study calm leadership, especially when we've had a couple of um heated items up here for discussion.

So I know you're not going anywhere, so look forward to continuing to work with you.

Thank you so much, Miss Kelly.

Thank you, Mayor.

I too want to add my um uh congratulations on such terrific service.

It's been um it's been certainly very short for me, but I know that you have spent years helping um supporting the the mayor, but also in all elements of your service, and you have brought the same practice and preparedness and focus to making the whole system work better, and it makes it very easy to serve on this council when we know that uh our number two is just as prepared for anything as the mayor is every day.

So I want to thank you for your service in that manner.

Thank you so much.

Um Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um, I have if the vote goes the way that I hope it goes, um, very big shoes to fill.

Um, you've been a very uh efficient dapper looking.

Um just uh very very knowledgeable um MPT and you haven't missed a B, and you make sure things are going the way they're supposed to be going, and um I know that you're still going to lead us, even um not in the MPT role.

I think you're still gonna advise us if you see that we're not handling something in the right way.

Um, but you've had the blessings of serving under two mayors, uh prior Mayor Goodman and now Mayor Shelley Berkeley.

And uh just thank you because I I think people don't understand that there's an extra weight um and responsibility that comes with serving in a leadership role, and so I want to thank you tremendously for helping us be the best counsel we can be for the time you've been MPT.

Thank you so much and Brian, let me say that um uh you are a good man, and as important you are a good city councilman, and as important a very, very good mayor pro tem.

It has been my pleasure since becoming mayor to work with you.

I have uh the greatest trust and confidence in your judgment and the advice that you have given me.

I appreciate it even at this meeting.

You said no, you don't have to vote on that.

I appreciate that a lot.

Um I think that you and I um uh uh have the same same belief system and values that we share and know the importance of public service and and the importance of what we do, not only individually, but as a city council, there's no drama.

I said there's no scandals, we all work very hard, and it's because of you and your leadership that that has been possible.

So I want to thank you for your service.

I I love you, and I appreciate everything you've done for me and for the rest of the council.

You are a quintessential city councilman, and I think we have all benefited from your service.

And before we move to the vote, would you like to say something?

I am not dying, I don't think.

I'm not gonna do that.

This is a preview.

This is a preview.

Uh you're all great to work with.

Uh, I appreciate all the all the kind and nice words, and I will appreciate the opportunity to be more scandalous now because I will take advantage of that.

Oh, oh, I personally can't wait to see that.

Um, and uh so I as I I have moved um to approve uh councilwoman Olivia Diaz as the next mayor pro tem.

Um can we have uh shall we vote?

Post motion carries congratulations, Olivia.

I look forward to working with you as closely as I did with the mayor pro tem canudsen.

Looking forward to a very strong partnership on behalf of the people of the city of Las Vegas.

Congratulations.

Thank you for the vote of confidence um to my colleagues, and of course, uh for you making that motion, Madam Mayor, and I hope I don't disappoint.

Um and uh you will receive from me a hard working, um, equally accessible and 24-7 kind of person, like I'm sure MPT was to you.

Thank you so much.

All right, let's uh thank you, Livia.

Agenda item 33.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Blaine Ents to Ward 4 seat for the senior citizens advisory board.

Members may serve for an uninterrupted period no longer than eight years, which is two terms.

A vacancy exists on the board due to the resignation of the previous ward for representative.

Um our nominee is eligible and wishes to be appointed.

Is there a motion, Councilwoman Polenski?

Thank you, madam motion, madam mayor.

I'd like to move to approve item number 33.

Thank you so much.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Agenda item 34.

Discussion for possible action regarding the reappointment of councilwoman Francis Alan Polenski as a representative on the Southern Nevada Council of Government's board.

Terms are uh co-determinists with the representative's term of elected office, and councilwoman Alan Polenski ran unopposed in the 2026 primary and won the ward four seat for another four-year term.

She was first appointed to this board on January 2026.

I move to reappoint uh to appoint the reappointment or to approve the reappointment.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you.

Thanks for taking that on again.

Agenda item 35.

Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at this meeting.

Bill number 2026-22.

Councilwoman Diaz, would you like to have the bill read?

Yes, please.

Bill number 2026-22, an ordinance granting to light source communications LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, a non-exclusive franchise for communication services, including broadband internet service, broadband infrastructure access, and/or telecommunications service within the corporate limits of the city of Las Vegas, subject to and in accordance with that certain franchise agreement entered into between the city of Las Vegas and Light Source Communications LLC and providing for other related matters.

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Agenda item 36, bill number 2026-23.

Councilwoman Diaz, would you like to have the bill read?

Yes.

Bill number 2026-23, an ordinance to revise the current income levels required to be eligible for a public utility refund pursuant to LVMC Section 6.67.120 to tie the eligibility requirements to the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines to grant the Department of Finance the discretion to extend the filing date for applications for such refunds and to provide for other related matters.

Mayor, with your indulgence, um Jeff Dorkak, City Attorney for the record, as staff pointed out yesterday during briefings, and I've distributed to the council and the city clerk's office today.

We have a proposed first amendment for a minor change that the finance department caught uh within this bill.

Specifically, you'll see on pages two and three highlighted in yellow uh various revisions to a uh reference to a job titled manager of senior citizen programs division.

We no longer have that job title at the city.

And in order to uh make this bill a little bit more flexible so that the uh property department is able to gather the refund applications.

We are correcting that to Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.

So staff would recommend that the mayor pro tem Mayor Pro Tem Diaz uh move for approval with the proposed first amendment.

Thank you.

Okay, Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion with the change?

Yes, madam mayor.

I move to approve with the proposed first amendment.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Agenda item 37, bill number 2026-24.

Um, Mayor Pro Tem, would you like to have the bill read?

Bill number 2020.

Yes.

Bill number 2026-24, an ordinance to amend LVMC chapters 19.6, 1912, and 19.18 related to accessory dwelling units within residential zoning districts, including changes to development standards, permitted land uses and conditional use regulations to conform with assembly bill 396 of the 83rd session of the Nevada Legislature 2025.

I thank you so much.

Uh Councilwoman, may I have a motion?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Agenda item number 38.

Recommending committee.

Bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting.

Item 38, bill number 2026-26 will be heard at a later meeting.

Agenda item 39.

26-0149-SDR1, site development plan review.

Applicant YMCA of Southern Nevada, Owner Clark County for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for a major amendment to an approved site development plan review.

Zero zero eight six-99 in parens one for the proposed edition of three one-story modular buildings and parking lot reconfiguration at 2900 North Tory Pines Drive.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Mayor, I'm not the applicant.

Seth Floyd for the record.

The applicant is here.

If they want to come down and they can go first, or I can go first, whichever you prefer.

Why don't we let them go first?

Please state your name for the record and welcome.

Good afternoon.

Jordan Smaggio, um, president and CEO of the YMCA of Southern Nevada.

Uh with me is our facilities director, Stan Snow.

Um, as uh those of you who have worked with me before know how deeply committed I am to the principle that we can go so much farther when we go together.

Uh I think our Parks and Rec uh Center partnerships are very illustrative of that concept, and I think that this proposed project further illustrates it.

Uh UNLV studied this particular zip code to find that it is one of the top five worst child care deserts in our entire community in all of Clark County.

Uh Clark County has some land that uh we can construct uh these modulars on.

The Clark County and the federal government have the dollars to fund it.

The state and the federal government have the dollars to subsidize it.

Donors and board members are pouring in to make sure that it is a sustainable approach, that this can be a high quality, accessible program for all for generations to come, and the Y is ready to lean in with our hundreds of board members, donors, and partners.

What better way to start to solve our region's child care crisis than through this innovative modular or pop-up preschool model?

Uh happy to take any questions.

Um, and then Seth, I believe, has an amendment.

Yes, Seth, would you care to punctuate anything that has been said?

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

Uh, mayor, the proposed development does meet all applicable Title 19 development standards, and staff finds the development to be compatible with the existing and surrounding land uses, and therefore staff is recommending approval of the requested site development plan review subject to conditions.

And we do have there was some conversation uh yesterday and today about the color scheme in your backup.

There are elevations that depict um, I guess this is subjective, but a rather bland color scheme.

There's a the applicant may want to update the that color scheme.

They can do that without a condition, but if the councilwoman uh would like, because we've had these discussions, we can add a condition requiring an updated color scheme before they submit their building permits.

Thank you so much.

Uh, this is a public hearing.

Is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Um first let me thank you for all that you do for our children in this community.

Appreciate it greatly.

Um are there any questions or comments from the council?

Okay, Miss Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, madam mayor.

When I first heard about this, um, I was a little taken aback when we talked about modulars, because I think many of us have a preconceived notion of what that is.

And then I ran into Commissioner Kirkpatrick, uh, whose district this is in, and she said to me, as did uh the mayor, uh councilman black, we all sit on a committee together.

You have to go to Skyview and see what they're doing.

And so Julius, my assistant and I drove all the way out because it's a ways to Skyview to look at what you all are doing there, and I was blown away.

It is beautiful.

Um the way you have it set up, is just it reminded me so much of my kindergarten and how much I loved kindergarten at Brookville Elementary School in Oakland, California.

And I just felt the warmth, and I'm really really grateful that you're thinking out of the box to solve a problem.

Um and I just asked that if you I'm not gonna get in your money, but if you want to have more color and add some uh some murals or things on the walls, please feel free from our perspective.

I think it's welcome.

Um, but even in your simple uh presentation, when the kids get inside, they feel like they are in just kitty heaven.

So thank you so much.

And with that, Mayor, I uh move to approve.

Thank you so much.

Please vote.

Postation.

Motion carries.

Congratulations, thank you.

Agenda item 40, 26-0235-A ROC one review of condition uh applicant, P1 Padell, Las Vegas LLC owner R R A Holdings LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for review of condition number one of an approved review of condition 24-0562-roc one, which amended condition number five of an approved special use permit, SUP 65450 to state beer and wine may be sold or served on this property, only a permitted special events up to no more than 12 events, event days per calendar year on 2.03 acres at 1876 South Buffalo Drive, R.

E.

Residence Estate Zone Ward 1, Mr.

Knutson staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, would you please um uh come up and state your name and tell us about your project?

Hello, my name is Rickel Noman.

I'm the vice president of experience at P1 Paddle.

And would you uh tell us the name of your guest today?

Um this is Santa.

She is um I'm actually her assistant.

I get that.

She's submitted all the proper paperwork, but um, really what we're looking to do is offer our club members.

Um, because we are a clubhouse and we have a membership that come to play every day at P1 Paddle.

Um, we we're looking to extend our services to be able to offer drinks to our members.

Thank you so much.

Is there a staff report?

Yes, thanks, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

It's a little awkward to recommend denial to a baby.

Um but mayor staff supports the previous action of the city council with regard to the conditions placed on the approved SUP by the council and therefore recommends denial if this request is approved.

The special use permit must subsequently be amended in a separate action to explicitly allow for the sale of beer, wine, and full alcohol as an accessory to the existing country club private use.

If denied the existing condition allowing beer and wine at an unlimited or excuse me, at a limited number of special events per calendar year may continue.

Thank you.

I thank you so much.

Um is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Um there any questions or comments from the council members.

None.

Mr.

Knutson, would you care to enlighten us?

Uh thank you, Mayor.

Mr.

Floyd, I apologize.

I'm a little bit behind on the verb of this, the verbiage of it because um this has been something that we've been talking about for a couple of years now.

Is it the removal of the condition?

Uh thank you, uh Mayor Prouncilman.

Um so they are asking to remove a condition that allowed them to have 12 events per year where they served beer and wine.

So if you remove that condition that allows them, and I know this gets a little layered, but that allows them to come back and ask to amend their SUP to allow for the accessory beer wine use, which would not have that 12 of that per year restriction.

So the sense.

Yeah, and I'll just for the rest of the council.

This is this is a country club filled to it with uh paddle ball uh courts on the outside.

I think it's an amazing amenity for these neighborhoods.

I wish I had one closer to my house because it really is kind of a cute little vibe to it.

And um, if I were gonna play paddle ball, I would want to drink after.

So I I am supportive of trying to figure out how to how to ensure that they're able to serve customers in a way that's best for their business.

Uh so with that, I would make a motion to remove the condition so that they can come back through uh and serve uh uh beer and wine and alcohol at their to the best of their ability to their customers.

Is that right?

Yes, that's accurate.

This would be step one that would allow them then to come back and ask for that as an accessory use.

Okay, thank you.

So we're asking for a yes vote.

I make I'm making a motion to remove this condition, and I look forward to them going back through the process so that they can serve the customers and have a fantastic business, and I appreciate their patience with the city.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

All right, we look forward to having you back with your assistant.

Have to remember that the next time I present.

Agenda item number 41.

Set date on any appeals filed or required public hearings.

I would instruct the city clerk to set the public hearing dates and appeals from the city planning commission meetings and dangerous buildings or nuisance uh slash litter abatements.

Well do, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 42, citizens' participation.

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

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

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

The amount of discussion on any single subject, as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed, will be limited to two minutes.

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

Are there any members of the public who wish to speak under this portion of the agenda?

Hello, my name is Shoshana.

I'm a resident, and I'm here to urge the separation of church and state and to stop praying, doing your invocations at these public meetings.

I noticed they were swearing in on the Bible, which I'm sure you haven't fully read.

It is the word of your God.

And I'm gonna talk about it because Juneteenth just passed, and that was uh all about the slavery issue in the United States.

This is the handbook for slavery, it endorses slavery, and it was used to brainwash innocent Africans into slavery and telling them slavery is godly.

Slaves obey your earthly masters with respect and trembling as you obey Christ.

That's just one part of scripture.

I'll keep going.

Slaves should honor their masters to avoid dishonoring God.

Slaves, obey your masters with respect, not only the kind and gentle masters, but also the harsh ones.

If a man rapes a slave, woman is in here.

The man has to bring a ram to the Lord, and he's forgiven.

You can rape women in this book.

It's just appalling.

I see six women up here, and you support this.

And I read it, it's facts.

I'm not making it up.

You can read any Christian Bible, it's all the same or Jewish Bible.

Again, please stop praying and holding this building as a as a temple, as a Christian church, a place of worship.

There are thousands of churches around here for people to go.

They can believe whatever they want.

They can believe in slavery.

Let them believe in slavery.

And by the way, I urge you to honor again the separation of church and state.

Stop the invocation since 70 percent of cities and counties in Nevada do not bring this into these buildings.

They don't endorse slavery, they don't endorse the rape, the mass murder, and the incest that is in here as well.

It's time to end these invocations.

I urge you to at least respect the United States Constitution and respect the fact that people do not believe in all of this as you do.

It's a private situation, it's your faith.

Believe whatever you want.

I refuse to believe in any of this.

It's the most gruesome book I have ever read.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anyone else wishing to address the city council?

Welcome, and would you state your name for the record?

I my name is Lenny DeForge.

Um I've been here before.

Uh I'm here to talk about my son Ray Wheatley DeForge.

My son Ray Wheatley DeForge was a victim of human trafficking.

Um, unfortunately, he was placed, he was in a work program, and he was placed in a job that he wasn't qualified for that he shouldn't have.

And two weeks later, he was a victim of human trafficking.

Now, here's my problem with this.

This happened over five years ago.

No one's been brought to justice.

My disabled son cannot get a fair trial in the city of Las Vegas.

My disabled son cannot get a job in the city of Las Vegas.

My disabled son cannot get housing in the city of Las Vegas.

Now, this is a crime.

This is a crime against a kid that did nothing wrong.

Okay, absolutely nothing wrong.

He's disabled, okay, and he's been treated really unfairly by the city.

Now, my family and friends are here to talk to this matter.

I am begging you guys for help.

Now, we live in in uh the west side of Las Vegas, and we need help for disabled people to keep them busy, to keep them active and working and employed.

We need help because he's disabled, he can't be getting on a bus and driving places.

We need help on our side of town for my kid, and we need it now, not later.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Please come.

Welcome, and would you state your name for the record?

Yes, ma'am, Warren Wheatley.

Okay.

Um, I'm also Lenny's husband, okay, and Ray is also our adopted child.

I'll keep it brief.

I'm a psychotherapist.

I've been doing it for four to seven years, so I'm gonna get to the facts, okay.

Um I'm here to advocate for Ray.

Um we would like an open and public, you know, uh, investigation of human trafficking because of the negligence on the part of Opportunity Village, which wound up turning into the worst job placement ever.

Okay, this has been, we've been ad doing this in protesting and doing everything we possibly can.

We're saying that this is a crime due to the cover-up of professionals, not following the evaluation.

I'm a clinical social worker in the state of Nevada, and I understand this very well.

Okay.

Opportunity village needs to fix this, okay.

In 2015, the state of Nevada paid for a psychological evaluation for Ray.

It started because he at the age of one, Ray's birth parents forgot to feed him.

His birth father shook him, he had baby shaking syndrome.

Uh he wounded up having a feeding tube, he was malnutritioned, his brain swelled, he still has brain damage.

Okay.

Um, to continue on right now, because of this, Ray suffers from reactive attachment disorder.

He's on disability, he is autistic, major depression, recurrent panic uh disorder.

He has a high prevalence of OCD and PTSD.

He is taking hydroxine, 25 milligrams, because he doesn't want to become addicted.

Hydroxine is excellent.

Okay.

Please understand.

Ray lives at a pretend world.

That's the issue here right now.

He is mentally and socially 14 years of age.

That's not gonna change, okay, ever.

Everyone meets that he meets, he believes is a friend.

He has been placed in danger.

He's been taken advantage of by many people.

Uh Opportunity Village placed him in a uh work program.

He was only supposed to be a custodian.

Everyone went behind our backs, they made him a cashier, put him in Circle K by himself to run the store.

He was uh human trafficked by a family, no one in Opportunity Village or even BBR uh intervened.

He was gone for 14 months, he lost everything.

I'm actually I'm sorry, your time is up.

Okay.

Do you have a few seconds more?

Just just real quick.

We just want some help here.

We've talked with like 37 attorneys.

No one wants to take it.

And I'll be honest with you, and I'll speak as a social worker here.

It's a cover-up.

No one wants to do anything and help.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Welcome and please state your name for the record.

Hello, I'm Kelton Wheatley Forge.

I am Ray's youngest brother.

Uh, what happened to my brother is unfair.

He is not being given the chance to do well for himself.

Um, I myself do have a form of autism.

It's since been removed as its own thing, Asperger Syndrome.

Um, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to do well for myself.

And my brother does not have the necessary capacity to do that for himself.

So we went to DRC so they could help him out.

And instead they placed him somewhere that he should not have been.

What is it?

He had an evaluation that was somehow lost at some point in 2015, either lost or deleted.

My family had been protesting outside of the locations of DRC Opportunity Villages multiple times, asking them to read the evaluation, and nobody responded.

Nobody thought to do anything about it.

I want to say around two, three years ago, that the director ended up finally reading the evo, and they freaked out.

They freaked out, and uh they ended up trying to blame him when he is legally classified as disabled.

That is that's human trafficking.

He was not sorry, it's a little bit emotional a little bit.

Of course.

We try to get a couple of stations to cover this story and get it out so that my brother can get help.

And the local stations, 23, none of them wanted to cover it.

So uh we're just asking for some help.

Um, an open an open um what do you call it, an investigation into what happened because something is wrong.

Thank you so much.

Would you please come forward and state your name and welcome?

Thank you, Mayor.

My name is Aaron Lynn Reed.

I am a friend of the family.

I have known Ray since he was seven or eight years old.

He's always been a good kid, hardworking, and just always ready to do whatever needed to be necessary.

His parents will never stop fighting for him.

And I will never stop fighting for him as just a family friend.

What has happened to him is absolutely unacceptable.

Why there are no records on his files?

That is very suspect.

Opportunity Village is a nonprofit organization who receives millions in funding every year.

And I'm sorry, they should there should it should be an open investigation as to what are they doing with their money and why aren't they taking care of those who they who they've been entrusted with.

This family will not stop fighting for Ray, and you will see us again, and I hope you pay attention to what we're asking for.

We're asking for justice for Ray, and for anyone else out there who may have been suffering by this too.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Please come forward and state your name.

My name is Jesse Wheat DeForge.

I'm the ill child of my brother.

He needs to work.

This is not helping out.

We need help.

Thank you so much.

Please come forward.

State your name and welcome.

Hello.

My name is Sean Bell.

And I'm here to talk about road safety.

Back in 2021, I suffered the worst thing imaginable that could happen to me.

I lost one of the greatest family members I ever had, my uncle.

I lost him to a drunk driving accident where he collided on his motorcycle with an Amazon truck.

And ever since then, I have been trying my best to get the road safer out here.

I've been looking for ways for, you know, drunk driving to become less of a thing, and not just drunk driving, but there are such large amounts of construction and potholes everywhere.

And I I speak for myself, I speak for myself, I speak for my family, I speak for everyone here.

There is a lot of construction in our city, and it seems that when construction gets started, it never gets finished.

There is a running joke out here.

I don't know if you've heard it, but the state flower out here is a traffic cone.

And that just goes to show that there's a lot of traffic cones no matter where you go, no matter what ward you're in, what neighborhood, there's a lot of traffic cones, and the amount of construction that gets finished causes a lot of traffic lineups, a lot of traffic jams, and it causes, you know, it it poses such a threat to the city.

And I think that there should be a bigger effort made towards construction being finished, potholes being filled, and you know, a higher prevention of drunk driving, because I know how it feels to lose somebody to drunk driving, and I don't want anyone to ever experience that.

And I don't want ever, I don't want anyone to um ever experience loss of someone to such an accident that could be prevented like that.

And um, I want to say thank you for your time.

I hope you all have a good day, and I love you, mom.

Thank you.

Please come forward and state your name.

My name is Eric Melchizedek Christ Nimrod.

Nice talking to you again.

Um Eric Macazede Christ Nimrod.

The tribe of Judah, the tribe that Jesus came from, the tribe that King Solomon, King David, the tribe of Judah came from the belly of a Hamitic woman, so-called black woman, or specifically a Canaanite woman.

You can double check that, you can fact check that on Genesis the 38th chapter.

Everybody's talking about what color Jesus is and all that.

The Bible tells you.

The Bible tells you in Genesis, the 38th chapter, and in Matthew, the first chapter, the first verse, the first chapter, the first verse to the 16th verse.

Jesus didn't algae.

It's all right there.

I don't know what the big problem is.

I want to piggyback on what the gentleman said about this construction.

The construction is so bad, the cones are all over the place.

And it's hot out there.

And when you go to a bus stop, the bus stop is no longer there.

You know, where is the bus stop now?

So you got to go around in the triple degree heat looking for the bus stop.

A lot of people are getting sick.

The buses, I can't understand it.

I can understand it.

When you give a powerless person power, they go crazy.

And that bus is a power to the bus driver.

And he can leave you standing there, or he can pick you up.

You have to put more of a service mentality into the bus drivers.

Because right now, in my opinion, they're bullies, and they're making a lot of people sick.

Thank you so much.

Jay, would you come and state your name for the record?

Yes, I will.

You guys already know why I am.

Well, to the people that I do not.

My name is Jay Hicks, J A Y H I C K S.

I'm a student that even though we about to graduate in December.

Just wanted to say congratulations.

Thank you.

But I just want to say congrats to two of my friends on the council members.

Council Councilwoman Alec Blenski and Councilwoman Rooney.

You guys did a phenomenal job, even though I do take pictures, I do pay attention to what you guys do.

And I congratulations, four more years, even before the fourth July, which is interesting, but we're gonna do that.

And also to you, congratulations on being Mayor Pro Tempt.

I'm shocked and shocked.

Like I said, four more years ago, and I hope you do a very well job.

And to you, council Councilman Kenno Singh, you have been the phenomenal Air Pro 10 for the last three years I've been here.

And thank you, and to your future endeavors.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council?

Please come forward, state your name.

All right.

Sorry.

Uh trying to get this lined up.

Uh hello, city council.

Glad to be back.

Nice to see you all again.

Name is Michael Miadovich for the record.

Um so today I just wanted to go over what I feel is a very grave threat to this entire country right now.

Data centers are uh data centers and 5G towers are spawning all over the place in this country, and there's no reason for it.

I don't believe it does anything to improve communication among people.

You can go into phone shops and talk to people who uh take apart phones and put them back together, and no none of them find 5G chips in any of these phones.

So why do we have 5G towers all over the place?

Why do we have data centers?

It's an unnecessary waste of energy.

There's no long-term studies to suggest that it doesn't cause major or serious health concerns, especially for babies and children.

It could be more life-threatening for their mental and bodily state than just about anything they deal with in society.

It's time for them to stop popping up all over the place.

They are only meant to hurt our bodies, our minds, and really our emotional state.

In Claremore, Oklahoma at a city council meeting, Darren Blatchard was arrested for just speaking a couple of seconds past his allotted time on data centers.

There was no reason for this, and he only went a couple of seconds past it.

And the city attorney was apparently in the room and did nothing about it.

And that's just disgraceful.

Data centers and 5G Towers are consumed, well, data centers themselves are consuming millions, tens of millions, if not more, hundreds of millions of tons of water.

That's more than people do.

They're not helping people anywhere in this country.

I don't believe there's really anything good about it.

And I believe it's just for large producers and industries and corporations to make more money and to benefit off the people.

I don't believe it's healthy, and I believe it's in violation of too many things.

And for children and babies in this country, it's more important they get rid of all 5G towers and data centers, I believe.

So thank you.

Have a go on.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item number 43, council emerging issues.

Discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas.

This impacts all wards.

Any discussion must be limited to whether or not such proposed items shall be placed on a future agenda, and no discussion regarding the substance of any proposed topic shall occur.

No action shall be taken.

Do any members of the council have any topics they would like to bring forward under this item?

Okay, thank you so much.

Agenda item number 44.

Council members' recognition, comments made by individual city council members during this portion of the agenda will not be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action.

Let me start with uh councilwoman Kelly.

Thank you, madam mayor.

Really excited in Ward 2 last week, the Vegas for Athletes Summer Games, which is co-hosted by the City of Las Vegas, really brought to life the Kellogg's Air Sports Complex in Ward II.

There were thousands of children and families gathered.

Well, maybe I think hundreds.

I don't know if there were thousands, but there were a lot of people there.

And uh to get for an inspiring celebration of youth sports.

It was such an honor to present Troy Rokes uh Rocks in recognition of his leadership and dedication to our young athletes through the free heart screening that Vegas for Athletes provide to these young athletes, as well as this first event, the Vegas Summer Games.

The showcases Las Vegas is a premier destination for sports and family events, and we look forward to seeing what's next for Vegas for Athletes.

We had an exciting day, the mayor and I, as we broke ground on the future, Queens Ridge Medical Plaza in War II bringing new medical services and investment into our community.

We are grateful to the development team and the health care partners.

And what I found so interesting about this opportunity, this particular building that'll be going up is there's an opportunity for the physician tenants to create equity with for themselves within the building in uh a relationship with the developers.

So I think that's a really nice opportunity and provides um you know our shared commitment to offering great medical opportunities within the city of Las Vegas.

And continuing on this last 10 days celebrations, I had the pleasure with uh again the mayor of celebrating the grand opening of the new Olympic sized pool at Pavilion Center.

It is a beautiful, beautiful facility, and a special thank you to parks and recreation, the cultural affairs team for making this event possible.

The new community will provide opportunities for families, support local athletes, and welcome competitions to our city for years to come.

Uh, so we know that our terrific sandpipers team will be there practicing as well as the Las Vegas Swim Club and the mermaids that do synchronized swimming.

So, really really a phenomenal addition to all of the amenities that we offer in Ward 2.

I also last week had the opportunity to visit the Expresso Yourself Coffee shop during its grand opening, except I was a day late.

So it was on my calendar a day late, so we called it a pop-up grand opening.

And it was great to meet the staff and customers.

I sat for an hour visiting with people, having a coffee, and was able to see from the inside.

I know a lot of us have visited the center, but the kindness and compassion with which they greet every person who walks in that door.

Some were coming to for respite outside of the heat.

I have a meeting there this afternoon today, and I think it's a great place locally, like so many of our other coffee shops and restaurants, but what a phenomenal way that the center has served our community, providing health service advocacy and a welcoming space.

And you know, you take a girl out of chamber, you don't take the chamber out of the girl.

And I had a chance to share a few words and talking about how meaningful chambers of commerce are, especially to the small businesses of our community, to provide the spirit of connection and support, and I really appreciate the opportunity to recognize yet more places of diversity inclusion to have positive impacts on our business community and help strengthen the city's business community.

I also did a great time, and I was glad to attend the grand opening of the Evil Conevel experience right in the hearts of our art district.

So many of the community came together again with the mayor as a neighbor.

I feel that she and I could go on our own little tour together, and uh lovely to see this in the councilwoman Diaz's district and for yet another offering uh for our tourism group and and our our citizens as well.

We also I also returned this week to the Pavilion Center Pool Complex to film uh Access City, and I did it both on the internal, talking about all the things that we do, and most importantly, we have swimming lessons from as young as 18 months to adults, and it is such a welcoming place.

I actually, my goddaughter doesn't know how to swim, and she's 40.

Um, and as a result of her not knowing how to swim, she doesn't take my granddaughter to swim a lot, and it's the number one cause of accidental death for children under the age of seven.

And uh I know that we have several pools within our city, also teaching swim classes, so important.

So uh we can we we offer that as for adults as well, and I was able to visit with our Olympian athletes.

Uh, you'll see that in the picture.

So proud of them along with the Sam Piper's coach, Ron Aiken, and it's just another exciting amenity, as I've said now numerous times.

And then I went next door to the Veterans Memorial Community Center for a ribbon cutting of our little library.

There were those are a bunch of of the children from Summer Camp, and uh I am a huge fan of little little libraries, and what was neat is is many of the children knew what they were.

Uh Nicole from the community center told me they've had to restock since that went up a couple of times already.

Someone had come in and also donated a lot of books, and for those little libraries that are in our communities, what a terrific thing to offer uh free books to borrow, share, and you can uh uh put books there that have been your favorite that you've read is uh read it all.

So I also wanted to uh I'm looking forward to being at the Summerland Parade, my first my first parade writing, which is really exciting for me.

I'm going to bring my youngest daughter, and I'm getting tips from many of you, many of my colleagues here.

I appreciate that.

And finally, I want to introduce to you our intern, Brooke Danner, who is sitting by my side today.

Brooke has been uh with us uh for several months.

She is a writer, she is an avid reader, a traveler.

She'll be graduating from her for graduating.

It's interesting, I was gonna say from high school, but she's not graduating from a high school, she's graduating as a homeschooler as a senior, and uh she'll be taking a gap year for a mission and looks forward to that mission, helping to inform what she wants to study and do at college, and she's thinking about counseling, and she's she's she's pretty certain that she's gonna that that experience as a missionary is help will help shape that decision process.

So I asked her also what's the best and less ideal parts of working as an intern.

And she's such a lovely young lady.

Uh she said meeting and working with the amazing staff.

She said there wasn't a less ideal.

I'm not convinced of that, but I I did appreciate her discretion and not having something to suggest.

And she certainly is kind, committed, and smart as we love to make sure we're surrounding ourselves with those types of people here at the city.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Miss Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

Last month we partnered with Councilwoman Kelly for a fraud prevention session, helping over 60 seniors learn how to spot scams and protect themselves.

Thanks to the FBI and the Nevada Senior Law Program for providing such helpful information.

Our June Bocaditos with Bruni was packed.

We even had scouts who came in to ask their own questions about ward six.

We loved partnering with the Centennial Hills YMCA and the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center for our first Father's Day pool party.

Thank you to all the dads and father figures who support and strengthen our families.

Fun was had by all.

Last week we took advantage of our Access City Council episode to spread the word about opportunities available for our young people this summer.

Thanks to the Centennial Hills Library Manager Robbie DeBoeff and YMCA COO Emily Sowers for joining us.

Our police officers are out serving our community no matter the temperature.

So Ward 6 was happy to stock Northwest Area Command's freezer with some ice cream to keep our officers cool.

Nearly 40 women came together for a night of creativity and connection, including some of our female veterans.

Our connector series community keeps growing, and we're so grateful.

A huge thank you to Board and Brush Centennial Hills for hosting us this month and creating such a warm welcoming space.

We've got two events coming up.

We'll be hosting our July monthly bocaditos with Bruni on July 9th from 9 to 10 at our Centennial Hills Y satellite office.

And then don't miss the party of the year, July 4th.

Our blast off in the basin starting at 7 p.m.

Please join us.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

First and foremost, again, congratulations to both my colleagues for four more years.

These uh first four went by super fast, and I can't wait to continue to do amazing positive work on behalf of the entire city together.

On June 18th, I have the pleasure of celebrating the graduation of the pre-K class at Wardell Strong Start Academy.

Congratulations to this bright and brilliant uh class of pre-K students, and I wish them the best as they head into kindergarten.

On June 22nd, um, as stated by Councilwoman Kelly, the LGBTQ Center unveiled Expresso yourself in partnership with Nevada Energy Foundation.

This amazing new coffee shop will not only offer delicious coffee coffee offerings and pastries, but it is also a workforce development program that's helping staff develop important job skills in uh their employees and grow confident on their path towards a meaningful job.

Congrats to everyone and please stop by to support them.

That's another coffee experience uh in ward three.

On June 25th, the gay and lesbian chamber of commerce of Nevada was here at our very civic center.

And uh again, Councilwoman Kelly and the Mayor were you also there.

Oh, I was and the mayor were also in attendance, and um, it's always great uh for our staff to cover topics ranging from business licensing, purchasing and contracts and business incentives and development projects.

I want to thank everyone who joined and those who presented, and please follow the gay and lesbian chamber to stay connected and get involved.

Um the evil connieval experience is here in uh the ward three, and again, um the mayor's been on tour uh uh so has the um governor uh made an appearance at this um newest edition to the arts district.

It's at the old mission linen building, and the new attraction offers an up close look at evil canival's life legacy and cultural impact through immersive exhibits, rare artifacts and hands-on experiences that capture the ambition and risk behind his career.

And one thing that I think a lot of us vegans, Las Vegans remember about evil connevil was that stunt he pulled um jumping over Caesars Palace Fountains many moons ago.

So if you don't know who Evil Coneival is, uh go ahead and Google him.

You will be surprised.

Go to the museum.

And go to the museum.

Get your tickets today.

All right.

Um Yankee Doodle at the pool on July 2nd.

Baker Pool is hosting a free offering for the community, 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

And the Doolittle Pools and Freedom Park Pool is also going to be open 6 to 9.

Uh so come on down and get into the patriotic spirit tomorrow.

Uh and oh, it's not free, sorry.

Cost is $2 for children, $3 for adults, but children three years and younger are free.

Call 702-229-6309 for more information.

There's a free mobile medical clinic at East Las Vegas Community Center.

So anyone not insured, underinsured, doesn't have a doctor, needs to be seen.

Please, please take advantage of this offering.

Uh it's on happening tomorrow, July 2nd, 3 to 7 p.m.

All ages are welcome.

No appointments are needed.

This is free medical care in partnership with Turo.

Um so if you don't know where East Las Vegas Community Center is at, it's on Stewart and Eastern, 250 North Eastern Avenue.

Please share and visit that access point if you are in need of medical care.

Uh celebrate the 4th of July.

I'm just gonna blast this really quick because I'm sure Councilwoman Summers Armstrong is gonna touch on it.

So we can go to the next slide.

Um, this is really important.

Um, as was mentioned about construction and cones.

We try to be transparent and let everyone know when there's going to be inconveniences.

So there will be a casino center closure at Charleston Boulevard July 13th through July 31st.

And this is because that storm drain construction project has to put these ginormous culverts in the road.

And there's no way about it.

We have to kind of shutter the area and get the work done.

So take a look at that.

If you're heading to the arts district, you probably want to plan your route wisely.

And that's it for me, Mayor.

Uh, our office is always here to heed any input or any needs.

70229-4623 or email us.

Thank you so much.

Happy fourth to everyone.

Oh, happy fourth.

Thank you so much.

Um, Councilwoman, uh Counselor.

Uh Councilman uh Knudson, who is your guest.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I'm gonna turn it over to Nicholas from Cimarron Memorial High School to read the comments.

Um everybody.

Um Thank you, Mayor Berkeley.

Um, this month is National Parks and Recreation Month.

And this month we'll be celebrating the city of Las Vegas commitment to maintaining more than 80 parks, trails, and recreation spaces that strengthen our neighborhoods.

Our recreation program supports residents of all ages through sports classes, adaptive activities, and community events.

This month encourages everyone to explore our parks, participate in local activities and recognize the staff who keep these spaces safe.

Welcome, welcoming and vibrant.

And as you all know, Saturday is July 4th.

So if you have nothing to do, bring the family to celebrate America's 250th with a community community aerial drone and fireworks show on Saturday, July 4th at 7 p.m.

Ward 1 and World 2 are sharing a satellite viewing area at Betty Wilson Soccer Complex West, just behind the Sprouts Market at 7353 Eugene Avenue.

Bring your low back chairs, blankets, plenty of water, and your patriarch.

The aerial displays are scheduled for 9.15 p.m.

Again, thank you, Mary Berkeley.

Thank you so much.

Well done.

Councilwoman Alan Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh, to the kids we have in chambers from Cimarron Memorial, uh, Summer All Memorial, your school is actually in Ward 1, but uh it's right on the border of one and four, so many of you may actually reside in four.

So if you ever need any assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Love to have you here.

Love to have you participate and hopefully you had a nice civic lesson today.

Uh at least get an understanding of what happens local government-wise.

Okay, on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 23rd, I had the opportunity to welcome the Korean Mothers Foundation for a tour of City Hall.

We began in my office where the group had a chance to ask lots of questions about local government and the work we do.

Uh from there, we visited council chambers where they could see where our city council meetings take place.

And our final stop was Access TV studios.

If you're interested in having a city hall tour yourself, you can head to WW.las Vegas Nevada.gov where our cultural affairs team is has a new offering.

Tours available of Las Vegas uh City Hall and our Civic Center building across the street.

On Saturday, June 27th, the Thunderbirds gave our community an incredible flyover in celebration of Nevada, excuse me, America's 250th birthday.

It was truly an unforgettable experience.

We were so grateful to witness this from the northwest part of the valley.

As you can see in the first picture there, there were cars and people on every berm, every freeway overpass, every high uh high visibility position.

It was fabulous.

Uh special thank you to the United States Air Force and the Thunderbirds for taking time to share such an amazing display with our community.

If you look at the picture on the right, mayor, that is the top of Lone Mountain.

And I had every expectation to drive there and climb to the top of the Lone Mountain for that perspective.

And it was standing room only.

Wow.

Pretty fabulous.

On Saturday, we will celebrate, as it was mentioned before, America's 250th anniversary, 250 years of independence and freedom.

I will be at Buckskin Basin Park, will be the central location.

We're gonna have prizes and games and uh a great drone show and fireworks.

Mayor will be there.

Uh be sure to bring your low back chairs, blankets, and plenty of water because it will be hot.

We live in Las Vegas.

I look forward to seeing everybody there.

Uh next up, take a moment to please look at these places on the slide.

17 teens are still missing from our community.

If you recognize any of them or have any information that could help, please contact LVMPD Missing Person Detail at 702 828 311.

And lastly, you can stay up to date with community news updates and happenings in Ward 4 by following us on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the things.

If you have any uh specific needs, don't hesitate to call us directly at 702-229-2524.

We are here to provide any assistance that we can.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

And I don't know if you recall, but you gave me my first tour of City Hall as well.

So yes, and to conclude our um last agenda item, uh, Councilwoman Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

We're just gonna do a quick recap.

Uh on June 17th during the last city council meeting, uh, the City Department of Youth and Youth Development and Social Initiatives in partnership with the Department of Public Safety, honored winners of the Ward 5 safety video contest.

This video uh this contest encouraged local students to showcase creative ways to promote safe behaviors on or around city streets.

The winning students and their families were invited to a special celebratory breakfast and recognized during the city council meeting for their outstanding contributions.

Uh, we're mentioning this today again because these young people are now all over social media.

Uh, we've got uh congratulations to our overall winner, Chauncey of Mabel Hogard, our middle school winner Mateus, who is at oh my goodness, uh Mateus at Swainston and Kevin and Uratsi are from Cimaran Memorial High School.

And so you all, uh Mr.

McNott, I just want you to know your students represented and they did a great job.

So please check out social media.

Their videos and their presentations are on all platforms except I think TikTok, because I don't have that yet.

Um so thank you all for uh participating, and we hope that you all will look forward to this next year and other wards will be doing it as well.

Um, when you talk about public safety and road safety, uh this is a group effort.

We have to do it all together.

And so thank you for being concerned and for your students uh participating.

Um, on June 17th uh in the afternoon, we were with Cherry Development in partnership with the City of Las Vegas, held the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new Share West Side mixed use development in Ward 5.

This project will not only bring much needed housing to the area, but it will also create small business opportunities through commercial retail space located on the ground floor.

It was an amazing event.

Uh, thank you, Mayor, for being there.

Uh, our city council, previous city councilman uh Cedric Cree was in attendance as well as our previous mayor's uh Goodman.

It was a beautiful uh celebration, and we are so excited uh for future redevelopment and renaissance in the historic west side.

Uh on June 20th, uh City the City of Las Vegas and Rainbow Dreams Educational Foundation partner to host the highly anticipated 25th annual Juneteenth Festival.

We also want to make sure that you know that the City of North Las Vegas and Clark County also helped support this event.

This year marked an exciting new chapter for the festival with its move to Symphony Park.

This year exceeded our expectations, and we received over overwhelmingly positive feedback.

The outdoor festival and marketplace in the park featured local vendors, food trucks, live music from DJ Kelly J and performances by talented local artists.

The music and atmosphere was vibing because it's a vibe in Ward 5.

And at the end of the night, we finished off the momentous celebration with dancing and fireworks.

And I just want to thank everyone for coming out to this event and contributing to the success of this festival.

And we certainly look hope uh look forward to an outstanding event in 2027.

Also, last week on June 25th, we were at the Strong Start Academy, where they held their pre-K graduation.

The Strong Start Academy staff, students, and their families came to celebrate these students' amazing achievements for the past school year and the milestones of moving into kindergarten in the fall.

I am proud of these graduates and this program as it is an investment in early childhood education.

Thank you, Dr.

Malic and your staff and all the staff at uh Strong Start Pre-K.

It was an amazing event.

Uh I got to share a few words with the parents, and I'm excited to see these kids one day show up here in Chambers as you are here, Cemeron, uh, and to participate in our civic process.

Now, I'd like to hand the reins over for our upcoming events to my summer intern, Roger Randolph from Democracy Prep.

Uh, he's going to close it out for us.

So, for upcoming events, join us on this Saturday at Children's Memorial Park for this outdoor firework viewing party on the 250th anniversary of the United States of America and Fourth of July celebration.

This event is free and open to the public, so bring your friends and family to enjoy the aerial display nearby, including fireworks, trivia, music, prizes, and food trucks.

We invite you to bring your chairs, blankets, and patriotic spirit to enjoy the fireworks and join show that begins at 7 p.m.

We hope to see you there.

Kids Caster Studios is hosting a sports broadcasting session from June 10th to July 29th at the Becker Technology Technology Center for Kids Ages 10 through 14th.

They'll be learning how to conduct on course sport interviews, record and edit podcast episodes, hosting and production, creating personal highlight roles, and learning mic techniques.

This will include podcast studio access, on court filming experience, and the opportunity to build a personal portfolio.

If this is something your children are interested, your children are interested in, don't hesitate to sign them up by calling 702-229-220.

Camp Recharge is gearing up for a summer at the Darefelt Strong Future Enrichment Center.

Participants will explore independent living skills, career and education pathways, mental health, self-care, and back to school readiness.

Register is registration is open now through June 30th.

Please contact please contact Sherry Smith at 702-229-6601 for details on how to sign up.

Thank you.

And in our final slide, I just want to say, as always, thank you to my staff, Nora, Julius, and Aura.

And now we have Roger for the summer.

As we try to do our best to serve the community, we answer phone calls at 702-229-5443.

Or you're welcome to email us at Ward 5, that's the number 5 at Los Vegas, Nevada dot GOV.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you so much.

And before we um adjourn this meeting, I just I think on behalf of everybody, we want everyone to have a wonderful uh 4th of July celebration, particularly since this is such a milestone for our country.

250 incredible years.

But we want to make sure that everybody is safe when it comes to fireworks.

If you are a parent, please keep an eye on your children.

They should not be playing with fireworks on their own.

And for everybody, let's celebrate this um very special occasion for our country, but let's make sure that everybody is safe and sane, and that on July 5th, everybody maintains all of their fingers and their arms and their toes to make sure that nothing has happened.

So with that, I hope that you will join me in the Olive Olive room for a celebration for our two newly elected city council people.

And with that, I will adjourn this meeting.