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Call to order.

Call for roll call.

Chair Doherty.

Chair.

Vice Chair West.

Present.

Member Cherry.

Excused.

Member Schlottman.

Excused.

Member Johnson.

Excused.

Member Neldberg?

Here.

Member Riley.

Chair.

And Member Ortiz Thompson.

Here.

Thank you, Chair.

You have a quorum.

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For possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the regular meeting of April 28th, 2026.

Do you need us to state our name when we for the motion?

Or um, yes, please.

Member Nelbert, we can also say if we're motioning for approval, please.

Motioning for approval, please.

Kelsey West has second that motion.

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Report by Economic and Urban Development Staff, Tracy Reich regarding process on the establishment of redevelopment area three.

We need roller chairs.

Good afternoon, everybody.

Tracy Reich, redevelopment manager for the record.

I just wanted to give you a quick update.

Um redevelopment area three.

If you take a look, take a look at the map on here, just to refresh your memory.

And then the final reading of the audience on the August 19th council meeting.

And after approval, hopefully on the 19th, uh, redevelopment area three will be enacted.

The for the map on top is what the redevelopment area three is.

The one on the bottom shows, and I'm sorry, I need to get a bigger map.

Uh shows what one, two, and three will look like as a as a whole for the redevelopment areas.

With that, if you have any questions, just a quick update to let you know.

Um, and thank you for all your work that you did in the front end of this to get this across the finish line.

Appreciate that.

Kelsey West question.

As we look at these maps, um, and and forgive me for this elementary question.

Is there anything that we should be concerned about at this stage of our progress?

No, actually, um, we have had three public meetings.

Uh, we the councilwoman put the uh uh map and uh FAQ uh sheet in her newsletter.

Uh most of the questions have been from single family owners wanting to make ensure that they weren't going to be eminent domain and moved out of their home to make right for commercial properties, um, explain to them the reason why they were in that is this is a 30-year timeline, and we don't know what's going to happen in year 30.

So we want to we kept those commercial corridors intact even though they're a single family home is there.

We would never do eminent no main, and it just gives them the opportunity when I told them I said you and your neighbor want to get together and move out of your house and develop your own bar and restaurant.

You can then now do that, and we could help you do that.

So they understood that that was that we're that it's not an eminent domain policy, that this is a how do we help make their neighborhood better.

Thank you, Tracy.

You're welcome.

Report by Economic and Urban Development Staff, Tracy Reich regarding the proposed issuance of requests for proposal for the redevelopment of approximately 11 acres of city and RDA owned property in the downtown area, bounded by Las Vegas Boulevard to the west, Interstate 11 to the north, the alley between 7th Street and 8th Street to the east, and Stewart Ave to the south, including an overview of the proposed solicitation and redevelopment objectives.

So Tracy Reich, redevelopment manager for the record.

At the last meeting, we talked about various different scenarios, how we were going to maybe put together the proposal, some options in there for a civic public for a firehouse, what the thoughts were around that and everything.

We've done a one pager that is there as well as the full proposal with this that kind of gives an overview.

This one has a few more stats than the regular one whiz.

I also wanted to thank Chair Doherty for providing us with the really sexy photo to put on the cover.

Really love this photo because it shows uh from uh from the El Cortez all the way through to the plaza and the horizon and everything, it really should have a really good overview of what downtown looks like.

It is um and it is it excites people when they see it.

I almost every larger developer that is not familiar with downtown.

When I have sent them the proposal, they were like, I love that photo.

So it's done exactly what we want to do, and thank you again, Ryan, for for for letting us to use that.

The um the full proposal is out on our website.

It is uh available for anybody.

We have uh sent it to the local developers, it is advertised.

Well, I hope it's advertised on NGM, they were still working through some kinks.

It will be on the ULI marketplace, and we have done some um targeted outreach to national, regional and national developers that have experience with this kind of develop larger development with that.

So really um excited and hoping that we will get a good turnout.

Um deadline is December 16th.

If you think you know anybody that might be interested in wanting to do that, please share that.

I I will um send you all a copy of this offline so that you have it and uh with that ask answer any questions.

No questions, Kelsey West for the record.

I recently did a staycation at the D downtown, and it didn't look this sexy.

So this is a this is a sexy picture for the record.

Kelly Ortiz Thompson for the record.

I do have a question.

You mentioned the firehouse uh portion.

Can you just describe what that is, what the requirement for that is?

So if you take a look on this map here, let's see, maybe I have the bigger one in here.

No, uh well, no, it's not as good on that.

So you see where this the orange shaded piece is.

Um fire station one needs to relocate in the near future, and they have requested that we take a look at this site with that.

It is a potential.

Um we are continually looking for a different site for them that will meet all of their requirements because we were in agreement with your recommendation that it's not the best highest and best use for that site, particularly around residential.

So we're continuing to work that, but city manager overruled us and said we need to offer that, and maybe we would have a developer that is really um skilled at integrating civic public safety into a larger development that can provide us with a res with a solution that we have not thought of.

So we phrased it that way in the proposal that it's a potential to have that component on two acres and you know work with us to see what we can come up with.

And hopefully by the time this closes, we can we have found a new new location for the for the firehouse.

But um we need to leave it open as a as an option.

We heard you loud and clear and totally agreed.

So Kelly Ortiz Thompson follow-up to that.

This might be off topic and another subject, but just thinking of this partnership of a civic and private partnership, just made me think of a library.

So just like I don't know when or how we talk about that, but I'd love to see a library downtown, a big one.

I that as well.

Um we can talk to the library district uh with them.

We just re just opened the West Las Vegas Library, and two years prior to that, the East Las Vegas Library.

I don't know what their sighting requirements are for distances between there, but it is a that is that's a great idea.

So I will we'll we'll look into that.

Thank you.

At least browse the subject with the district and see what they say.

So I think most like first class cities have a large downtown library.

And a lot of them are architecturally interesting too.

Any other questions or thank you, Tracy.

Discussion regarding the Urban Land Institute Nevada Placemaking Awards program, including the nomination process, eligibility requirements, and timeline for the fall 2026 awards.

Tracy Reich, redevelopment manager for the record.

Um I am uh part of the Placemaking Awards uh committee for this year.

Um I think because Symphony Park was recognized last year as place of the year.

This year's awards will be on November 10th, uh, and a submittal deadline is 5 p.m.

on August 21st.

We're I really making this aware because I think there's a number of projects in the downtown area in our redevelopment areas that could be nominated.

Um there the categories are catalytic place, uh, recognize a place that best generates improvement and progress on economic development or standard of living in a surrounding community.

A community place, uh, recognize the place that's been that best engages and strengthens community and neighborhood through opportunities to assemble, unite, or celebrate.

Transformative place.

This recognizes the place that has been transformed through exemplary design to uh create uh iconic beauty, a visionary place.

This recognizes the vision for a place currently under development, promising significant impact uh to lifestyle and the region, and a healthy, a healthy place, two more healthy place, um place that promotes activity and social interaction through health health giving and accessible design to improve overall quality of life and sustainable place that recognizes a place that is exemplary, embracing of sustainable design, construction, and or sustainable operations.

I will send this out to everybody, but I wanted to get this on your radar to today, uh, and then I will send that out to the whole committee with the with the nomination form.

Um I was going to use uh member Cherry's West Side project is a good example of probably a you could fit in a couple different categories, and so um I will I have mentioned it to Sam, but I will be discussing that with Mr.

Cherry to make sure that they get that in there.

And I like I said, I think there's probably a half a dozen.

That was one that just popped off the top of the head as is in the rest of the other committee members were like, yes, absolutely, and so and when you send this out to us, this is Ryan Darty.

Uh will we be able to funnel our examples up to you, or is this a uh individual voting system?

Are we just nominations?

So you would nominate the you would make the nominations into the portal, and then I will be reviewing them.

So don't send them to me because I don't want to make sure I want to make sure I have a transparent wall there.

Doesn't mean I can't help you nominate, but I couldn't I can't I don't want to see the nomination once it goes in.

Understood, thank you.

Kelly Ortiz Thompson.

I have a question.

I you might have said it at the beginning, but if the project needs to be new construction or if it can be a remodel.

Yes, so there's different categories.

There's some for remodel, there is some for new construction, and then some for that are under construction that will impact a neighborhood.

So they're they're each of the different categories has a different qualification for it.

Okay, thank you.

Should we have this on our calendar to be at the awards?

That would be really awesome because that's my second job is to make sure tickets are sold.

But that's I was gonna bring that up at the next meeting.

Okay.

November 10th.

Yeah.

Okay.

It's on November 10th.

It is in uh, I believe it's at Red Rock.

Sorry, I didn't bring that part with me.

Um, it this year.

It's somewhere in in Summerlin this year.

So I will I will send that out with the nomination forms as well.

And that would be great if you could attend, particularly if we have downtown nominated properties.

Thank you, Tracy.

Welcome.

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Kelly Ortiz Thompson.

You know, if anyone has actually used that new tenant improvement allowance yet, who it was, what the project was.

I don't know if yeah, if that can be shared.

Uh Tracy Rikery Development Manager for the record.

Yes, we can we can bring that forward, what has been approved and is is coming forward.

Great.

I think I'd just like to see trends and understand um what is being used most and maybe what we are missing, or even even knowing people that uh apply and get rejected, what why did they get rejected?

Did was it they wanted money for something else?

Um can we create something that fits in that something else?

Yes, absolutely.

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This meeting's adjourned.

Rusty.

Thank you, everyone.