Mesquite Technical Review Meeting - November 4, 2025: Work Session on Project Updates and Agenda Items
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Mesquite Technical Review Meeting - November 4, 2025
The Mesquite City Council held a Technical Review Meeting on November 4, 2025, from 2:33 PM to 2:45 PM. The meeting included public comments, discussion of items to be added to the upcoming regular council meeting, and status updates on city projects.
Public Comments
- Mike Benham expressed concern about children riding scooters and electric bikes without helmets on Hafen Street, citing an increase in serious injuries reported by a Las Vegas doctor. He urged the city to take action to prevent accidents.
- Aileen discussed ongoing issues with the Red Hills condominium association, noting that a summary judgment motion had been filed arguing the association is not a legal condominium association under NRS 116. She provided updated records to the council and sought clarification on the city's actions regarding a 2011 recording.
Discussion Items
- Councilman Ennis moved to add two items to the next regular council meeting agenda: Consideration of Conditional Use Permit for a vacation rental at 950 Santa Fe Drive (Item 7.2 from the October 1 meeting) and consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for a vacation rental at 697 Lita Lane. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously, with the council clarifying that these would be separate agenda items.
- City Manager Adam reported that a contract for the sale of 800 Horizon Boulevard is nearing completion and requested a placeholder on the next agenda for adoption of a resolution. Councilman Wannath moved to add this item, seconded by Councilman Ennis. The motion passed with Councilman Galloway voting no.
- Councilman Ennis moved to pull items 5.6 and 5.7 from the current agenda, which addressed changes to public comment procedures at council meetings, noting they were mistakenly included. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
- Public Works Director Travis provided updates on several projects:
- The ADA project is ahead of schedule and moving well.
- The mill and fill project on Mesquite Boulevard will begin waterline work on November 10, with the milling portion starting December 1 or 8. Affected businesses will lose access for a maximum of one day.
- Cones will be removed for the parade on November 8.
- The animal shelter project is over 70% complete.
- The fire station project is progressing well.
- The justice facility evidence transfer is expected next week (mid-November).
- A successful bid was received for the Canyon Crest and Horizon project, which will be presented on November 18.
- Work on Hafen and Levitt Lane has begun.
- Falcon Ridge Parkway has cones for fiber optic line installation.
- New street light pedestals are expected to be installed by late February or March 2026, with the project timeline shortened to about six months.
Key Outcomes
- The council voted to add three items to the November 18, 2025 regular council meeting agenda: two vacation rental conditional use permits and the sale of 800 Horizon Boulevard.
- Items 5.6 and 5.7 (ordinances amending public comment procedures) were removed from the agenda.
- No votes were taken on consent agenda items, financials, or other administrative items.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Tuesday, November 20 or November 4th, 2025. City Musquete Technical Review Meeting. It is 2 33. We're gonna get started. Um, we're gonna go ahead and open up with open public opening public comment. You have three minutes. Good afternoon, Mayor Council, Mike Benham. Um, how are we making out with the kids with the helmets on the scooters and the electric bikes? Um, I go up to the assisted living to see my friend Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and we see the same kids zooming down Hafen, no helmet. And a doctor in Las Vegas said he's seeing more kids coming in with serious injuries off the bikes and the scooters. So I don't know what we can do, but we have to do something before we lose a kid. We don't want to see a kid get hit by a car, and you know, they don't even go in a straight line, they're like all over the place. Okay, thank you, Councilman. Thank you. And uh I know everybody loves Debbie, but as I told you, I met with the attorney general, and I had a text from him inviting me to his special event down in Las Vegas. So we'll leave it at that. Okay, thank you. Have a good day, folks. Thank you, Mike. Hello, Mayor Whipple and City Council. Um, I just I had I think that you guys have misunderstood. You guys keep asking me for the attorney letter. The attorney has already sent you a letter, but I am brief bringing everything that he sent to you so that you have it for the the July 1st letter. There's a whole thing on here that was done. I don't know if you saw it, but there is a whole letter from the attorney spelling everything out, and then I've added another response on there because a lot of things have changed since July. Yeah, this this will kind of give you this will give you more of the updated and the fact that they just filed for summary judgment that were not under the NRS 116s that we're not a legal condominium association, which we knew all along. So um that's the Red Hills applied for that summary judgment, so we don't fall under those codes anymore. And depending on the outcome of that motion, I think a lot of us will have some guidance. So I think that I think there'll be a lot that'll be done, but I just wanted you to have the records just so I'll bring them to you, but um, just so you had it again. So um and the 2011 recording. Um, I just need clarification if the city has very has done anything based on that recording. So that's what I'm looking for. The email. So I'll send you a new email on that one. Um, just so we have all that just to make sure because we're collecting all the evidence. So I appreciate it. That's really all I'm here for. Thanks. Thank you, Aileen. And I will email this to you to Adams do you have a copy code? Okay, seeing no one else step forward, we're gonna go ahead and uh start item two, the work session. Um, anything anybody wants to uh councilman Ennis? Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like to bring back on the agenda for the next council meeting item number 7.2 from the October, uh the first one in October, which is consideration conditional use permit uh for to operate a vacation home at 950 Santa Fe Drive, and also consideration of uh conditional use permit for 697 the Lita Lane as a vacation rental home. Okay, do I have a second? Councilman Wallace I will I will second that. Okay, call for the vote. And and we'll need some opportunity for public comment on the motion.
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