The North Las Vegas City Council welcomes you to its meeting.

There are two public forums for the public to comment on at the meeting, one at the beginning and one at the end.

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Please give your card to the city clerk.

When called upon to speak, we request that you limit your comments to no more than two minutes and that you avoid repetition.

Madam City Clerk, are we in compliance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law?

Yes, ma'am, we are.

Thank you.

Okay, today we have the opportunity to have the indication given by Deacon Jim Pittman Jr.

of St.

John Newman Catholic Church.

Following that will be the Pledge of Allegiance as led by Malaya Perkins.

Please rise.

God of justice and mercy.

Thank you for the gift of life and the opportunity to serve the people of our city.

Help us to act with character and conviction.

Help us to listen with understanding and goodwill.

Help us to speak with clarity and restraint.

Give us a spirit of service.

Remind us that we are stewards of your authority.

Guide us to be the leaders your people need.

Help us see the humanity and dignity of those who disagree with us.

And to treat all persons, no matter how weak or poor, with reverence, your creation deserves.

And finally, Father, renew us with the strength of your presence and the joy of helping to build a community worthy of the human person.

We ask this as your sons and daughters, confident in your goodness and love.

Amen.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

Thank you, Miss Malay.

And you probably want to start, so I think I didn't want to mess up your hyphenated name, so pronounce your full name for me.

Malea Elise Perkins Partia.

Okay, thank you.

Just let us know who you are and tell us all about you.

So my name is Malaya Elise Perkins Partia.

I'm an upcoming 11th grader at Arborview High School.

I'm in all honors, so I spend a lot of my time studying.

I also take dual enrollment, so like I said, a lot of time studying for school.

Awesome.

Well, thank you so much for being here.

So proud of you and your accomplishments.

All right.

And Deacon, I'm gonna give you another chance.

Did you want to say anything about the church?

Are you good?

I'm good.

Okay, thank you and appreciate you being here.

Yes, it is.

All right, we're gonna go ahead and moving on to council comments.

Okay.

Councilman Baron.

We switched up on us here today.

All right, well, I'll keep this one kind of brief here.

I guess I kind of forgot that Father's Day is coming up, right?

Um, so for all the dads out there.

Do not forget dad.

Well, okay, that's don't forget dad.

That's a play.

I didn't invent that one.

Normally I'd be kind of a smart aleck and I would do it, but it wasn't me.

It was our uh it was our leadership at the neighborhood recreation center.

And so uh at the neighborhood recreation center.

Um my gosh, I didn't say the date.

Um don't forget, oh don't forget dad at NRC, 9 a.m.

uh 9 a.m.

to 11 a.m.

Uh can someone help me out here is it tomorrow?

Saturday.

It's Saturday.

Hey, there you go.

You heard it.

You heard it right from me here first.

It's from it's Saturday, right?

From 9 a.m.

to 11 a.m.

Come and celebrate dad with donuts, coffee, and games, right?

So again, you hear it here first.

It's free to the public.

Uh show up.

I'll be there for a little while before I take off for my petities paradise party at the teddy pool.

Well, I don't know.

I'm gonna pronounce it however you know everyone's gonna interpret it how they have however they want.

It's called Petetti Park, okay?

Petil.

Yeah, you know, hey, come on out.

Give me a break here.

Uh okay.

You know what?

I'm just gonna say a pool party at Jim Bridger uh pool.

How's that?

Okay.

I'll just say that.

It keeps everybody uh honest here, okay?

Go to Jim Bridger Pool in the back.

We've got a pool.

We're gonna have a pool party this Saturday, June 20th, from 12 p.m.

to 3 p.m.

Uh, we're gonna have live music.

There'll be games, there'll be food, fun giveaways, raffle prizes.

It's a totally free event.

And uh the last one that I I guess my uh my colleagues hosted, they were fantastic.

Please come out, you know, we'll have lots of fun.

I'm done.

Thank you, Councilman Churchill.

I forgot what I was gonna say now.

Okay.

We had our first uh pool party in our our new uh Skyview Generational Facility since we since we took it over, and it was a great success.

Thanks to uh Parks Department, our staff and uh our ladies on the ninth floor.

I I think we had a turnout that uh was much more than we expected to have.

The uh the raffle prizes were amazing.

Umfortunate I uh I couldn't put a raffle thing in there myself because they gave away bikes and everything.

But everybody had an amazing time.

Uh and uh again, I can I can't say enough for staff and for the for the ladies for making that uh what it was that day.

Um let's not forget the dad's backyard bash on Sunday.

Let's say that three times fest.

June 20th, between 12 and 2 p.m.

at Skyview.

Come on out and see what our new facility looks like over there.

Uh and I think you'd be amazed at what that pool looks like.

We did a lot of work on it.

Well, parks did a lot of work on it, and uh it it definitely reflects that.

Um I got another sentence of that.

It's a fun-filled day of games, activities, food, and quality time.

Thank you.

Councilwoman.

Hey, thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

On June 4th, I had the opportunity to attend the Trade School Scholarship Award Ceremony, uh, which was organized by Jack Nevada and assisting life in Las Vegas.

I want to congratulate uh Brief Escato.

She graduated from Desert Um Rose, Desert Road High School in my ward in Ward 2.

And um it was just great to be able to support her and um meet her entire family and also learn about Jack Nevada, the program.

Um she was a recipient of one other scholarships.

So I want to appreciate the work that Jack Nevada does in our community, and I'm look forward to seeing the great things that these young people will be doing in our future, in their future and in our community.

And um on June on June 6th, Saturday, June 6th, we had another successful pool event um at the Walker Pool in Ward 2.

I want to thank Kantasha from our council team and our entire um staff for their hard work.

Parks and rec did an amazing job.

We had several partners, we had sponsors as well, especially a family dentistry, Dr.

Sword for their generous donations.

Um, and especially the partnership with the county Clark, Clark County Commissioner McCurdy and his office.

We co-hosted this event, and it was just great to be able to spend uh an afternoon with so many um community members and just have a lot of fun eating and swimming and dancing with all the music.

Um, and then on June 11th, I stopped by the Martin Luther King Senior Center for their healthcare power of attorney workshop.

Uh, this event is organized by the senior law program um in honor of Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Um, this is an opportunity for seniors to execute their um health care power of attorney.

And it was amazing to see so many of our seniors come and take advantage of this uh free service, um, and also see members of our team here from the CF North Las Vegas, um, including our own city attorney Andy Moore, uh, donating his time and Rihanna from his team as well.

Uh so thank you, Andy.

Thank you to your team for volunteering, and for everyone else that's helped put together this great event.

Um, oh, and I forgot.

Back to the Walker Pool.

I also want to announce that we are extending hours at this pool.

Uh Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 6.

So make sure if you live in that area, take advantage of this great pool.

It's also open Fridays through Saturdays from 12 to 5.

And then last but not least, this Saturday from 12th, 10 to 12.

We're going to be having, I'm calling a foam party.

Because that's really what it is.

It's just a party where we play with foam.

So just come and you know cool off and have bring your kids.

We have kids, uh, friends.

Uh there's just gonna be games and water, and so it's just gonna be a great time.

And it's free for the whole family.

Thank you, Mayor.

Awesome.

Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh, last Saturday, I was joined by a whole bunch of awesome young kids from the neighborhood rec center.

They uh traveled with the staff over to Craig Ranch Park, and we did the NRC Bike Club.

It was a toasty morning, but we did some uh nice uh miles on the the trails there at the sidewalks at Craig Ranch Park, and we uh don't tell anybody in the parks department, but we rode through the sprinklers to cool off.

We wrote the kids rode through the sprinklers to cool off.

We had a great time, and I'm looking forward to the next uh NRC Bike Club event.

Also, uh tomorrow morning, uh, we're honored to have the annual CNLV Juneteenth flag raising ceremony.

It's uh at uh 8:30 a.m.

right out here by the flagpole in front of City Hall.

And um also on Saturday the 20th from 4 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

The City of North Las Vegas is proud to support the regional Juneteenth celebration, which will take place at 341 Symphony Park Avenue.

There's a flyer here.

This is the 25th uh anniversary of this awesome event sponsored by Ranger Rainbow Dreams Educational Foundation.

So we invite all to come out and celebrate.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, lots of fun, exciting things that have taken place and are still going on throughout the summer.

So make sure that you follow our social media and North Las Vegas website for all the great activities that we will have.

So we're gonna have three presentations, one of certificate of recognition to Gwendolyn Walker, one for Tyrell Roll, and one for Tyler Gaston, and just in celebration of the great work that these three individuals have done, but also um in honor of Juneteenth celebration.

So, counsel, let's go down front.

Can you come right here, my dear?

Yeah.

All right.

This is such an honor for me.

I have known this fabulous lady.

She came to Valley View in 1965, and my family moved to Valley View neighborhood in 1964, and it's just been nonstop in such a great relationship over the many, many, many decades.

And I consider you a mentor, personal friend, but such a sweetheart for all the care and that you do for the community of Valley View.

And she's also since 1983, the neighborhood watch captain in Valley View neighborhood, and even till today, you're the neighborhood watch captain.

And so Miss Gwen said in her own accolade, so I'm just gonna read the list as she said me.

So she is the founder of Nevada's first African American Museum and Research Center, and it is located in the historic West Side 89106.

Um and I know you're planning for a grand opening in the very near future, so we're just excited about that.

She is the first woman, first African American to sit on the first Kyle Ranch Board, and she member served two terms on our Parks and Rec board under Eric Dabney, and she's a member and graduate of the North Las Vegas Citizens Police Academy under Captain Rose.

You still got those skills?

Still got them.

And she is the first chairperson, first female and first African American and chairperson of the first in North Las Vegas Cultural Arts Board under Cass Palmer.

And so you are just a pillar in our community, Miss Gwen.

And Miss Gwynn is gonna keep you on your toes, that's for sure.

Because if there's something wrong, you're gonna know about it, you're gonna hear about it, and it's gonna get taken care of.

And so I just want to read this certificate of recognition presented to Gwendolyn Walker on June 17th, 2026, in celebration of Juneteenth, for your distinguished leadership and steadfast commitment to um preserving Nevada's African American history through the Walker African American Museum and Research Center.

Your dedication to honoring the legacy of those who came before us, safeguarding stories dating back to the 1800s, and inspiring future generations has made a profound and lasting impact on our community.

Congratulations, Miss Gwynn.

Are you sure?

And our next recipient, we were just with him yesterday at Skyview at their Juneteenth festive festivities at Skyview, and it's so hard to believe it's been 10 years already.

What a blessing.

He is the founder and executive artistic director at Studio 305, Home of the Role Project, which is based right here in North Las Vegas, and we have been with you from the start of your journey, and it has just been such an honor.

And again, it was founded in 2016.

And your vision to empower today's youth to navigate tomorrow's challenges by using dance as a way to express complex emotions and struggles that words alone may not capture.

Your program is designed to increase exposure to the arts to build self-esteem, enhance self-awareness, and promote a positive self-image.

At studio 305, your dancers are embraced with judgment regardless of size, race, or gender.

The studio believes in the power of dance to build confidence and offers a safe space for personal growth.

And your motto is Dance as an exit.

I love it.

Reflects the studio's belief in dance as a powerful tool for self-expression and a way out for many young people.

So, Mr.

Tyrell Roll, I would invite you to come up.

And it reads for your outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication as a founder and executive artistic director of Studio 305, Home of the Roll Project.

Your commitment to uplifting young people through dance and providing a safe space that nurtures confidence, creativity, and self-expression is truly commendable.

Your vision continues to inspire the youth to rise, grow, and thrive in our community.

Signed by all of us.

Congratulations.

First of all, um again, my name is Tyra Row, and I'm just very grateful to be able to share what was given to me.

Um it's my passion, it's something that I eat, sleep, and breathe.

And again, going into without once more loved theater this year.

We're trying to expand.

We're trying to find a building where everyone, for our size, race, color, to matter.

They have a place, they have a safe space where they can create, they can grow, and they can be around like-minded individuals.

And I thank the whole city of North Las Vegas for having us continue to support us.

I mean, it's a blessing to get up to do what I love every day, every day.

And I'm grateful to be able to do that with my mama.

And because we are a family-owned business, we are a minority family-owned business, and we do this with pleasure, we do this with passion, and we do this with grace, and we're so grateful for every last person here.

Thank you so much.

All right, let's take a picture.

Congratulations.

And of course, I just have to mention he's still one of our dynamic teachers at Canyon Springs.

All right, Mr.

Tyler Gaston.

Tyler, come on.

And I mentioned Tyler and the amazing work that he has done since he's opened his gas station studio.

And just a few things about Mr.

Gaston.

So he's the owner and CEO of the gas.

God realized you were this tall.

Okay, focus.

The owner and CEO of the gas station studios, a North Las Vegas-based music and film studio launched in 2016.

The gas station studios offers several programs aimed at mentoring young people, including re-entry programs, which supports teens facing challenges.

The program is designed to prevent youth from returning to juvenile detention or jail by engaging them in creative arts.

And your studio is not only serves as a creative outlet for young artists, but also offers a second chance to teens, helping them redirect their lives through art and mentorship.

And I remember the day that you opened your doors.

We were right there to support you and also through our small business connectors.

So congratulations on your longevity, because I know it's hard to keep businesses going.

So I feel like I've watched you grow up too.

All right, and your certificate reads for your exemplary leadership and dedication as owner and CEO of the gas station studios.

Through your mentorship and commitment to providing a safe creative environment, you have empowered young people to channel their experiences into art and positive growth.

Your work continues to inspire, guide, and open new pathways for the youth in our community.

Congratulations, Tyler.

One more.

Thank you guys again.

That is Andrew Villa Lobos filming.

So I want to show my love and appreciation for you.

Uh he is one of many uh aforementioned young people that have had an opportunity to come and work with us.

I think this is a very like honorable uh moment because in the spirit of Juneteenth, we try to use our you know, stature, our business argument, and the blessings that God has provided us to uh free the mind, body, and spirit of the other young people in our community.

So thank you again.

Thank you.

This is the time set aside to comment on posted agenda items.

The items listed under the public hearing section of the agenda will have their own public hearing when those items are called.

So if you wish to speak on any items on today's agenda other than a public hearing item, now's the time.

Madam City Clerk, do we have any blue cards for posted agenda items?

Yes, ma'am, we do.

We have a request to speak from Julian Jules Alexander, and you would like to address item number seven on the agenda.

Welcome, Mr.

Jules Alexander.

Good morning.

I think it's early afternoon.

It's afternoon.

Um, I just wanted to say if I am developing a um program or design for the city, and it's for the development.

If I find a parcel number or a location that it works for with the natural setup of the city, do I bring it back to you guys' attention?

We cannot engage with you in public comment, but if you can stay after to the end of the meeting, I can have someone chat chat with you.

Okay, then you can cancel my second one too.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have no further requests to speak at this time.

Okay, I'll go ahead and close the first public forum.

Let's move on to the agenda.

Item one city council regular meeting agenda of June 17, 2026.

Yeah, call for a motion to approve the agenda.

That motion passes.

Moving on to the consent agenda.

The consent agenda consists of items two through 11.

Staff recommends approval of the consent agenda.

Motion to approve consent.

And that motion passes.

Moving on to public hearings.

Item 12, AMP 012026 Heat Mitigation and Planning Commission Resolution Number 2026-1.

City of North Las Vegas' request for an amendment to the comprehensive master plan to add a heat mitigation plan and guiding principle seven, community services, and then an ease and environment by creating Goal 7.10 heat resiliency and supporting policies.

Welcome, Doug.

Good evening, Mayor Goins Brown, City Council members Doug Guild, Director of Parks and Recreation.

Here to ask for approval to ratify an amendment to the comprehensive master plan by adding a heat resiliency mitigation plan, which is what I would like to present this evening.

I appreciate the opportunity to discuss one of the most pressing challenges facing our community, extreme heat.

Alongside other Southern Nevada agencies, North Las Vegas is actively developing heat mitigation policies that will be incorporated into the city's upcoming comprehensive master plan.

Mayor over Mayor, over the past decade, five of the hottest summers ever recorded in the Las Vegas Valley have occurred, including 2024, the hottest summer on record.

The hottest day ever recorded in Las Vegas reached 120 degrees on July 7th, 2024.

This is not a future issue, it is a current and growing reality.

In North Las Vegas, our approach to heat mitigation is focused on practical, measurable strategies, starting with tree canopy and shade.

Shade is one of the most effective tools we have to reduce ambient temperatures, combat the urban heat island effect, and improve quality of life.

Today we maintain a public tree inventory of 14,760 trees across our parks, trails, and open spaces.

Over the past three years, we've planted 1,800 heat tolerant trees, and we have established a goal of planting at least 500 additional trees per year moving forward.

In total, we are committed to planting 5,000 new trees by Earth Day 2032, a significant step toward expanding shade and cooling our city.

We are also engaging residents directly through our tree giveaway program.

And I have a couple pictures to show you of a recent tree giveaway.

This is at Flores Park a few weeks ago.

Um where you can see that we had we gave away 200 trees to the residents.

This is the trees before the at the beginning of the day.

And here's a picture of people who are attending that event.

Flores Park.

So over the past three years, we've hosted four tree giveaway events, distributing 400 trees to residents for planting in their own yards and neighborhoods.

And as part of this effort, we collect zip code data to better understand where the trees are being planted.

And that's this picture here.

It's got a lot of dots on it.

This shows throughout the valley, so it's not just North Las Vegas, but it is throughout the valley of where these trees have gone after our tree giveaway program.

So we've seen participation from across the region, including residents outside of North Las Vegas, which demonstrates strong community interest and shared commitment to expanding shade canopy and re reducing the heat island effect valley wide.

These efforts not only increase canopy coverage but also build community awareness around heat mitigation and sustainability.

In addition, we provide cooling relief through four cooling center locations in North Las Vegas at our three recreation centers, neighborhood rec center, Silver Mesa Rec Center, and now at Skyview Rec Center, and the Alexander Library, where we offer safe air conditioned spaces and water for residents during extreme heat events like today, like the last few days.

Finally, our heat mitigation prioritizes the right trees for the right environment.

We focus on not only drought tolerant but heat resilient species tree species that can thrive in southern Nevada's climate while maximizing shade and minimizing water use.

Planting heat tolerant trees is essential to ensure long-term survival, allowing trees to reach maturity and deliver the full benefits of canopy coverage.

So, Mayor, in closing, in North Las Vegas, we are taking a proactive approach, expanding our tree canopy, partnering with residents, and providing critical cooling resources.

These efforts are directly aimed at reducing the hurt urban heat island effect and improving health, safety, and the livability of our community, and will be part of the upcoming comprehensive master plan and policies.

Thank you.

Thank you, Doug.

Great presentation.

So what I'll do is just open the public hearing first.

So, Madam Khalis City Clerk, do we have any blue cards or written comments for item number 12?

Mayor, we do not.

Thank you.

With that, we can go ahead and close the public hearing.

So with Doug where you go with the program, and I know they tell you how to take care of the trees, but do residents come up and need like maybe additional resources to help if they need to expand the irrigation line and to bring water to those trees.

Do we offer that kind of help?

Absolutely.

There's nonprofits that are part of this also.

So proper tree planting guidelines and irrigation.

Okay.

And this is that's right.

You're you make a great point.

We want the trees that we give away to survive.

And then also just places on the property where to plant or where not to plant, because you don't want those roots to grow in whatever that word is, so they're not spreading out to go under the county.

Yeah, proper places.

And then other than the programs that we do, does you and LV are they still offering the programs that they have for trees to for tree giveaways?

I I'll I don't have that information, but I I can get it for you.

Okay, just curious about that.

All right, council, any comments or questions?

Go ahead.

Thank you, Madam Mary.

Um Doug, thank you very much for your uh I'm sorry.

Um uh I'm not gonna talk about uh go ahead and call you Doug.

So um uh obviously, you know, it was the years ago that we launched our our our uh initiative to go ahead and if I remember correctly, plant 30,000 new trees by the end of this uh decade, right?

Uh how are we doing on our plan, by the way?

Do you do you happen to know?

Uh have you had uh conversation with our forester?

Well, uh 30,000 is a lot, councilman.

I think our goal now is the 5,000 trees by Earth Day of 2032.

That's our goal.

Oh, okay.

You know what?

Maybe I put one too many zeros in there.

But uh how how are how are we doing?

We are ahead of schedule.

We're ahead of schedule.

So, hey, is there any chance we get to 30,000 then?

Yes.

Well, uh, let's let's see what else.

I'm ambitious, huh?

Yeah.

Cool.

Okay.

Um, one other question.

Um, all kidding aside here, it's the the more mature areas of course our city that that heat island effect uh is uh such a glaring thing.

And I guess you know, uh doubly since uh in the more mature areas, our trees are also they tend to be a little bit uh more on the on the older side, and they're nearing the end of their life cycles, right?

So um I'm kind of hoping that um we we uh can in the future um maybe target uh our more mature part of uh uh of uh North La Vegas.

I um I uh a few years ago when we had um the the park um what's it called uh the the park the playground park equipment people they had their big uh they had a big convention in Rafa Vegas and they chose uh one of our parks, Joan E Park to renovate for us, right?

Um I told uh the members that you can tell when you're flying over uh the mature areas in North Las Vegas, and I guess you'd say East Las Vegas, because of course you don't see the pools and you don't see the green spaces because of course, you know, our our more mature areas that were built to different standards uh of the 1940s and 1950s.

Um and I guess uh again, uh everything that we're doing here, and uh I I even uh um I I've been planting as many trees as I can on my own property.

If I could get my little forest going, I would I would have a personal forest on my little uh property.

But again, you know, it it is such an important part to I think you know to mitigate that heat island effect, especially in the more uh in in our more um uh mature side of town.

Um are there any uh trees in particular that uh that that are recommended for uh yes, you make a really good point, Councilman.

The the goal is to have our trees that we plant make it to 20, 25 years.

That's when we receive the full benefit.

Right now, the average age for a tree in southern Nevada, not just North Las Vegas, is probably eight to nine years because of poor maintenance, poor planting techniques, not enough irrigation.

So our goal is to have our trees get to full full uh 20 to 25 years so we can receive the full benefit for that.

And doing that requires planting the right tree.

And right now we're focused on heat resilient trees, and there's probably like 20 trees out there, Chinese pistache, the date palms that we have planted.

They when we plant those trees, we have more uh there's more success.

There's more chance of them reaching that that 20 to 25 age where we can get the full benefit.

Some of the trees don't make it that long.

Those are the ones that are not heat resilient because of our rising temperatures.

Planting more heat resilient trees is is critical.

I guess I know I have this uh big mulberry in my front yard.

I uh I only uh with the help, of course, of our forest, I was able to save it now the year before last, because it was dying because I guess other people are having their mulberries die because of the heat, and it's uh there's like um a fungus or uh mold that attacks it.

And it's very unfortunate because you know they great they provide great shade, but yes, they're not making it right.

And and unfortunately, we can't do all the trees because they give off uh way too much pollen and people have uh issues with that.

So um uh I I think that the future is gonna be you know finding more ways that we can use to of course uh um uh push more of those heat resilient trees.

Um it's just gonna be you know how how we adapt, I guess, to uh this changing uh uh this changing uh heat uh rising in temperatures.

I'll just say that.

Uh thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right, councilwoman.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Doug, for that.

Yeah, great presentation.

Um so it's my understanding that the implementation of this um policy, I guess we can call this resolution.

Um it's a requirement under um state law.

And it makes me really happy to know that before this we're already making um improvements and we're working really hard on implementing and expanding the tree county in our cd.

Um, I'm just wondering, are there will there be zoning policies expected to change as a result of this policy?

Not for the heat mitigation, no.

Okay.

And then do you know if uh we currently have a process to track neighborhoods that are mostly affected by heat risk?

Well, we're doing that now with the tree giveaways.

We're tracking where they're going.

Um we're doing our best to plant these heat resilient trees in all the neighborhoods.

Yeah, and I see that they go, they mostly they're mostly in the center, which is where they're needed.

So thank you for providing that information.

We definitely need the the public's assistance on this.

Absolutely.

Well, we'll keep promoting and ensuring that everybody in our city has a tree.

Thank you so much.

Doug, uh, so I I represent North Las Vegas on the Southern Nevada Water Authority Board of Directors in two meetings ago, we voted to approve a $500,000 investment in uh residential tree um to provide trees to residential um homes.

And so I just want to uh I'm pretty sure you're aware of that, but I just want to make sure that we are in touch with the nonprofit that SNWA has partnered with to uh assure that we receive our jurisdictional portion of that $500,000.

I'll make sure that happens.

Okay, councilman.

Thank you, yes.

All right, there are no more questions or comments, councilman.

Uh yeah.

Um, uh a quick question.

I just had a uh uh a question from uh uh one of our really informed members of the audience.

Uh do we have actually have any plans that are there for to diversify the the types of trees that you know that we're um recommending for for planting?

Well, I mentioned the heat, there's a list of heat resilient trees.

Those are the trees that we're using for the tree giveaways.

Um I don't have that list with me, but we can get the person who contacted you that list.

It's it's the Chinese pistache.

It's trees that do well in in in the higher uh with the higher temperatures.

Do we have a link on our website for this?

There's a lot of information on our municipal forestry page on the Parson Recreation site on the website.

So go to City of La Vegas, Parks and Recreation, Municipal Forest.

Yes, sir.

Okay, I guess in Spanish, Citula Suida Rosegas, and van ahí uh del Parks del Parques de Recion.

Entonces I otro sublinker.

I guess uh just go ahead and just nod as if you understand what I'm saying.

Although you can actually look it up on the worldly there.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Craig.

Thank you.

All right, so with that being said, I'll need a motion.

Move move to approve.

Thank you, Doug.

Motion pass.

Item 13, AMP 022026, San Miguel Fuselier, Sequoia Homes Development LLC's request amend comprehensive master plan to change land use designation from single family low to single family medium for property located at 4105 Puselier Drive.

Welcome.

Good afternoon, your honor, members of the council.

My name's Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing the applicant in this matter, which is Sequoia Homes.

Uh and I have uh Tyler Whitney, the owner of Sequoia Homes here in the audience in case there's any questions you may have that I cannot answer, and he's here at the answer.

Um this is an amendment to the uh master plan as your staff has mentioned.

Uh this is a less than two and a half acre piece of infill piece of property.

It's actually to give you a little bit better indication.

This is Cheyenne High School.

This is priest elementary located right here.

This is Fuselier located right adjacent to our property.

Uh, we are looking to convert this into approximately 16 homes.

Uh but this is an amendment to the master plan that staff and planning commission have both recommended approval for the application.

So I'm here to answer any questions that you might have.

Thank you.

We'll go ahead um and open the public hearing for item number 13.

Madam City Clerk, do we have any blue cards or written comments?

No, ma'am.

Thank you.

With that, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing.

Um Councilman Churcher, this is your war.

Did you have any comments or questions?

Um Mayor, not too many questions or no questions at all.

I know we've been working with Bob for quite a while on this um this development over here, and I appreciate the uh the builder, you know, sitting in the back over there for uh his time and effort in making this happen over here.

I think it's gonna be an amazing amenity to that uh community there.

And um, you know, I think the people who eventually purchase in there will be very happy to be part of North Las Vegas.

So appreciate it, Bob making you.

Okay, Mr.

Tyler, could you just raise your hand so we can just acknowledge you?

Thank you for being here.

Councilman Churchill.

I mean, Councilman Bro.

Yeah, uh I'd like to say um uh I don't I know the applicant uh uh can hear me.

I just wanted to tell him thank you very much.

Um as a former member of the the traffic and parking advisory board that no longer exists.

One thing that was recommended is to have as many um traffic-facing homes as possible.

It's a lot better for safety to have eyes on the road, right?

Um it it's it's good, uh it gives the neighborhood feel, doesn't give you like that walled off a look that so that unfortunately so many uh communities have uh you know um walls don't build community, right?

Uh eyes uh uh on on the street are much more likely to build communities that want to please uh to of course thank him and I hope this is just uh one of many more developments that that he brings to our community.

Do you want to show any of the other um oh I was gonna do on the zone change, but I could just go through the rest.

Well, we can wait till the next one then.

I could zip it after this.

I just said either way.

Well, councilwoman has a question first, if you can decide.

Thank you, Mayor.

No, it's I don't have a question.

I just have a comment.

Thank you.

Um Bob, is my understanding that um the the developer and you worked very closely with uh with the owners of this parcel.

So I want to thank you for that.

I think they're very pleased um and happy to be able to turn their um land into something you know, even better for the community.

I this is not in my ward, but this is my neighborhood.

I just live on the other side of Simmons, so I'm I'm very uh familiar with this area, and I think it'll be it'll be great for that entire community as a whole.

So thank you.

With these in-field parcels.

So yeah, all right, councilman.

All right, thank you, Mayor.

So with that, I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve AMP-02-2026, San Miguel Fiesal.

And that motion passes.

Item 14, ZN 022026, an ordinance number 3277, an ordinance related to zoning, a property reclassification of 2.36 acres from RE Ranch Estates District to a PUD PID Planned Unit Development, Planned Info Development District, ZN 022026, San Miguel P.

Solier for property located at 4105 East Lear Drive and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Welcome back.

Thank you, Your Honor members of the Council.

Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing Sequoia Homes.

Just fairly quickly on the zoning.

As I already showed you on the overhead here, the location of our property.

And also want to thank you for having the ability for builders such as Sequoia Homes to come in under the PUD PID.

That gives builders the opportunity to come in into these infill pieces of properties and actually build things out, which will help also build out some of the infrastructure that you may not have in this area.

On the site plan here, as you can see, we will have homes facing out on out onto the street, which is no different in this general geographic area that you do have homes facing out on the street.

And I think that's very important, especially when you have a elementary school across the street there.

We have a tendency to slow down.

So I think this is a great traffic calming device, also, which is not intended to be, but that's just the way this neighborhood has been built out.

So we will stay within that character by coming in with the PUD.

The blue area is the open space that we are proposing and working with your staff.

We had a different open space plan earlier in the process, but um we we did make those changes.

Uh the only other thing uh mention is um we have some two-story homes here uh that you will see anywhere from 1600 square feet to just about over 2,000 square feet are the homes that are going to be proposed here.

And um looking forward to um build here, and as I said, this is the first project uh for Sequoia homes in North Las Vegas, and uh hopefully this will be first of many.

So that being said, I want to thank your planning staff.

We sat down and worked with them on this and councilman Churchill and working uh with um this with your staff also making sure we can get this project on.

So appreciate everybody's efforts, and I'm here to answer any other questions.

Thank you, Bob.

This is a public hearing item also, so we'll open the public hearing.

Madam City Clerk, do we have any written comments or blue cards for item 14?

No, Mayor, we don't.

Thank you.

I'll go ahead and close the public hearing.

And as you know, we discussed earlier.

I I understand this is an in-field property and the open space, probably this is the best fit for it.

It's just an odd place for it, but I get it.

So and then you know that those residents on with the facing toward the street will just have to kind of you can't see what I'm pointing to, but just walk around to access the green spaces.

Yeah, yep.

Okay, awesome.

All right, councilman Churchill, any comments or questions on this one first?

Thank you, Mayor.

And uh let me just uh thank uh Sequoia Holmes.

This is the first uh development here in North Las Vegas, so uh we all wanted to make sure that we made it work.

So with that, Mayor, I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve ZN 02-2026 and ordinance number 3277.

Okay, we have a motion.

And that motion passes.

Thank you, and have a good night.

Thank you.

Item 15, resolution number 2754, a resolution of the North Las Vegas City Council augmenting the fiscal year 2025 to 2026 budget.

Good afternoon, Mayor and Council.

This is Justin O'Brien, budget manager for North Las Vegas.

Uh, here to present the year-end budget augmentation.

What is the budget augmentation?

Uh basically it's a housekeeping.

Oh, what is the budget augmentation?

Basically, it's a housekeeping item that must uh if not already approved by council, it's uh 99% approved by council.

Uh it's any increase to the current fiscal year's uh adopted budget, and it's required by NRS.

So it causes a change, what causes changes to the adopted budget?

Um a major one is grant awards, expenditures with reimbursement revenues operating unknowns or unexpected expenditures, forfeiture funds that we cannot budget per NRS, and capital project rollovers or capital project closeouts.

So the next slide here is just the brief history.

I won't go into this too much.

Uh brief history of the budget augmentation, and we separate this into governmental and proprietary funds, and I'll go into that more detail on a slide or two.

So this is a high-level summary showing the original adopted budget of 990.95 billion and the final amended budget of 1.185 billion.

So next slide.

This is a high-level summary of the adjustments that were done throughout the last fiscal year.

Um 41% are related to various utilities, capital project rollovers, and project increases.

13% is related to grants and grant rollovers, 12% related to governmental capital project rollovers, and 10% citywide motor equipment funding.

And again, these are all items that have been approved throughout the year.

This is just a rehash housekeeping item.

Next slide is a little bit more detail.

It gives the type of adjustment that was made, the fund that made the adjustment, the department that's responsible, and whether or not it's a governmental or proprietary fund.

On this page, uh some key items of note.

Uh, there's 16 million dollars of funding for fleet by the general fund, uh, 11 million dollars, uh former city hall demo by redevelopment funds, and 7.7 million dollars of ARPA dollars that were rolled over to FY26.

Continuing on the detailed uh adjustment tab, uh 10 items of note here is uh 10.3 million dollars of parks rollovers for Craig Ranch and perimeter road uh at Craig Ranch, 10.7 million dollars for CIP rollovers of IT projects, 7.3 million dollars of IT closeouts uh and returned back to the original funding source, and 19.5 million dollars for the funding of various uh uh citywide motor vehicles.

And with that, we recommend approval of the FY26 year-end augmentation.

Thank you, Justin, for your presentation.

I just have um with the and I I think it's already in there with the capital improvement rollovers that are not either budgeted or that are still just rollovers.

So you take into the uh uh increase in costs over the years when you factor these in, correct?

We do that, would be a uh part of the budget process that would ask for additional dollars in the next fiscal funding year.

The the rollover that I speak of specifically are dollars that were approved in, let's say 24 that were not spent that roll over to 25 that the project was not fully completed or spent in 24, and so I'm sorry, 25, so it rolls over to 26.

Okay, awesome.

Council, any comments or questions?

Councilwoman.

Um thank you, Mr.

O'Brien, for that presentation.

I just have a quick question.

I was trying to follow the chart and the numbers, but I wasn't quick enough.

What departments got the most uh significant adjustment just out of curiosity?

Uh utilities would be the yes, and they're mostly on the capital project side.

Sorry, thank you so much.

Other than that, it's varied.

And so I think I did this backwards on this.

This is a public hearing item, so let's go ahead and open the public hearing.

And are there any written comments to blue cards for uh this item?

Mayor, we we do not have any.

Okay, thank you.

Good.

We'll close the public hearing.

All right.

Okay, so now I need a motion to um approve the budget augmentation.

And that motion passes.

Thank you very much very much.

Item 16 conduct public hearing pursuant to NRS 338.1567 and potential adoption of the city's job order contracting policy for the assignment of a job order for certain minor construction performed in an existing public work.

My name's Michael Slusta with Gordian, and I just have a quick presentation here.

I'll try to keep it around three minutes.

Welcome.

Thank you very much.

Um, is I use this clicker right here.

Okay, perfect.

Great.

So I just have a really quick agenda here.

Um, here's what we've quick overview of Gordian, the company I work for, overview of job order contracting.

We'll talk a little bit about the city's jock program as well as the current implementation schedule.

So Gordian, uh company I work for, we're a construction data company.

We've collected construction cost data for a very long time, and we leverage that for suite of products around our clients building lifecycle needs, in particular job order contracting, that's our forte, and we've been doing that for almost about 40 years now.

Putting out that middle infographic, we work with over 16,000 organizations.

We procured close to uh five billion through our job program.

So Michael, can I interrupt you?

It's hard for us to hear you.

I know you're tall.

I don't know if can you use the entail mic justly talking post that have to bend over so much?

Okay, that's that better.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, so big picture.

We are a job consultant company in Gordian, and we were hired by the city to help uh roll out the JOC program here.

So, what is job order contracting?

Well, big picture job order contracting is just know the procurement tool in the city's toolkit.

You still have your other procurement tools available to you, and then we'll use your other procurement tools where we fit in is really around your capital approving repair projects, ones that you have to expedite and get done really quickly.

So that's gonna be like renovations, repairs, alterations, replacement and kind, uh time-sensitive projects and emergency type work.

This is a quick overview on what job order contracting is.

It's a federal contracting mechanism called IDIQ.

It's called indefinite delivery indefinite quantity.

It was invented in the US military, and now every defense military in the US uses job order contracting and include the base right here too as well.

They've had a job program for some quite some time, and we are excited now due to assembly bill of 43 to roll out JOC to other agencies here within the states.

How JOC works essentially is the contractors will bid based off of localized unit price book, and what it does is then locks in the rates.

But what this does is enables the contractor to create a to procure a myriad of jobs for the city under one solicitly awarded contract.

What that does is it saves the city a lot of time and money because now you're not having to go out and competitively bid or go through a hard bid for all this minor capital improvement and repair projects.

So again, it's a streamlined procurement tool and also really changes the relationship too as well with the contractors because within the job programs are very collaborative between the city and the job contractors too.

So those long-term great relationships we see improved quality work because these are performance-based contracts, which means that you award good work with more work within a JOC program.

Um, this is a quick snapshot of that unit price book looks like.

This is one example.

This one's non-structural metal frame.

The big takeaway here is the top right-hand corner, is the catalog includes local labor material and equipment.

These are really what I call productivity tasks, and we know the rates.

It gets competitively bid and awarded.

So in this scenario, we know it's a dollar 67 per square foot.

Now, let's say, for example, we had a remodel this room.

We would know the pricing in the catalog per square foot for the carpet, for the ceiling tiles, for the lights, for the cameras, for the TVs, it's all in the catalog.

So if the city has a project that the expedite, they walk through this workflow.

To me, this is the most important slide, or so what I call the meat and potatoes is what we offer.

So we we walk a job for the city, these are capital repair projects, and the city will review the work order package.

If it looks good, you then issue a jock work order, and we knock that out, and it's a matter of a couple weeks.

It's all about speed to project delivery.

So we work great with cities that have aging infrastructure, backlog of work, and time-sensitive projects.

So now we'll move on to the program summary for the city of North Las Vegas.

Uh, this is the implementation roadmap.

Uh, we've already gone through the first three two steps here.

So we've been working with the city's team on the contract designs.

What we did here is we took the city's boilerplate uh construction bid docs, and for lack of better words, we jocify them.

We add language in the for job order contracting.

We've gone through that exercise, they're pretty much ready to go.

And now we're starting our local contractor outreach.

We're to reach out to local contractor community to educate them about the upcoming job program here at the city.

After that, here later this month, um, the city will actually advertise their job contracts, and then we'll reward job contracts, and there's train support, and then the program will be operationalized.

You can start then issuing job work orders.

So this program is pursuant to the NRS 33.8.156.

These are the highlights.

So the basis of award is an RP best value.

Uh, due to assembly bill 43, there is a self-performance clause of no more than 50%.

So this really makes it for general contractors.

So your bench will be general contractor, job contractors.

We're looking to anticipate anywhere from six to ten awards.

Uh for these contractors, it'll be a base term of three years with two optional, uh, two optional years after that.

So potential of a five-year term pursuant to assembly level 43.

We are capped at a program level of 25 million dollars per year.

You can run through this program, and there is also language in there for a carryover.

Um the program requirements are this little new.

We have the apprenticeship requirement of 25%.

Uh the contractors will be taking care of that the program.

Uh, we also have that subcontractor requirements about a second ago, and then we also have uh annual and quarterly reports too as well.

But uh Gordon will be uh putting together all these reports for the city.

And last slide here too as well.

This is our current schedule.

So uh we're ready to do contractor outreach here on the 25th.

Uh we're looking to advertise a job contract on the 30th.

Proposals will be due July 23rd, contracts are approved on August 19th, and then your job program should be operationalized come September.

That is it for my presentation.

Any questions or comments?

Okay, it's a lot of information.

Yeah, it was a little quick there on three minutes.

Okay, so let me see if I'm understanding this.

Okay.

Um let me open the public hearing first.

Okay.

Um, Madam City Clerk, do we have any written comments or blue cards for this item?

No, mayor.

Okay, I'll go ahead and close the public forum.

So now, okay.

Does this mean okay?

So like we have contractors that we use quite frequently for projects, just depending on the project.

So, does this hinder help or totally I'm missing the the point here, like for startups or minority own contractors or subcontractors to get some of these bids or awards?

Yeah, so because of the uh that clause in the assembly bill, the 50 percent has to be subbed out.

So that bodes very well if you have any kind of inclusion requirements.

So we're very successful within job programs to hit any kind of inclusion requirements, we be goals that you have too as well.

And because of that 50% clause in there, they will be reached out to local subcontractor community, so we can achieve some of those weeby goals that you have.

Um, I think too like to point out is right now we do are doing contractor outreach, so we do want to reach out to all the contractors that are out there, make them aware of this program too.

But big picture, all this is an alternate procurement tool in the city's toolkit.

It's an optional tool.

The city does not have to use it, but it will be there and available for them if they so choose to use this procurement method.

Okay, I just this has to just sink in some more and just to learn more about it.

In in more than five minutes, though.

Yeah, it takes a little while.

It takes a little while.

Yeah, it's a okay.

So yeah, I'm here to answer any questions that you have.

Okay, I'm sure we'll have lots of questions either now or later down the line.

Okay, council, any comments or questions?

Okay.

Yeah, same here, Mayor.

I'm gonna have to really study this a little more, but I I think this would be really good.

I am wondering about the certain minor construction.

What thresholds do you find that?

Well, so from a uh JOC is really geared towards a minor capital improvement and repair projects.

Uh, but some of the benefits the way the assembly bill 43 was written is we do not have project caps actually with this program in this state.

I do have it in other states too as well.

So technically, we could we don't have a project cap.

We have a program cap of 25 million.

So through this program, you could do projects up to like multi-million.

However, I will say this we've been doing this for almost 40 years, and our wheelhouses capital improvement projects are like around a few hundred thousand, anywhere from 100,000 to 400,000.

That's mostly what our data shows is that, but given the legislation of law, we could do bigger projects if you so choose.

But again, these are all capital approving repair projects.

This is not brand new construction.

We're not building, for example, like new homes or new communities that are under this procurement tool.

Okay, thank you.

So today we're I'll entertain an order to um adopt the city's job order contracting policy.

Also, yeah, it's just about to get policy to add this procurement tool to the city's toolkit.

Okay.

So moved.

And then motion passes.

Thank you.

Right, thank you.

Appreciate it.

Okay, moving on to business.

Item 17, discussion and/or action regarding annual review of city manager McKeila Moore.

So today, Mayor and I this is always a fun part of the job, a public review.

Um, Mayor, today you and I had a chance to uh speak to some young ladies from Girl Scouts Troop 277 and uh two lips organization.

And one of the questions posed was well, what does the city manager do?

And you know, every time I get asked that question, it's it could be as simple as well.

I run the city, and then for the people who don't know what a city does, and it gets really lengthy.

So we do a lot, I guess is what we'll say, you know.

Um and I'll just highlight it throughout this presentation.

Um, I can't do it alone, obviously.

I have an incredible team of colleagues that uh that we work together with, and I just really am grateful for their partnership and support.

So Rebecca Will, Sally, Annie, um really really amazing team that we have here to get really your priorities done, right?

Um so from a high level, we have uh we've really come a long way to being a city of economic growth.

Uh when I first came here, obviously that was not the case, and that kind of growth has really helped us to propel the city to great community well-being, and that's been illustrated by eight consecutive years of a billion dollars in annual private sector investment.

Um, our bond ratings have gone up to AA minus, and Moody's maintained AA3, the city's most recent bond issuance.

So year two has really been a story of our strategic plan and execution.

Um we've had groundbreakings, we've we're seeing construction with the goal of right the live work play, the livable city and the quality of life.

And so, just to give you guys again another overview, these are our six strategic goals from our strategic plan.

Um, first is innovative, efficient, and stable government.

Here's a snapshot of our year-to-date expenditures from the beginning of the year.

We you can see we are heavily invested in public safety.

Um, and then from there, you've got general government, culture and recreation, judicial community services, public works, and additional functions.

Um, I think what is significant to show is that you know, again, we've had a structurally balanced budget for the second year in a row, which means our expend our revenues can pay for our recurring expenses.

Um, I do want to caution though that you know the trends of revenues growing at 3 to 4% annually, while most of our growth is going to six to 8% per year, so our expenses are exceeding our revenue gains.

We are watching that.

We've been really good about uh being disciplined in how we spend so that we can continue to grow our city and to make the expenses that we need to make to continue to grow.

Um, but hopefully, we will continue to propel that revenue growth so we can keep pace with the expenses.

Um access to services.

So this was one of the first steps we had to making sure that the public had access to services, which was moving our city clerk's office to the first floor.

You know, uh, they they are one of the groups that sees the public very, very frequently, and so it was important that they would have ready access to them as opposed to the eighth floor, especially with our security measures that have been taking place.

And so I thank um Jackie and her team for you know the move for Rebecca for helping usher this, and along with that, we were able to fulfill one of the goals in our strategic plan, which was to open a passport office, and that has been a great success for our city.

And we also were able to bring on board Tim, who has been uh helping us with our long overdue records process.

So really, really grateful to see the strides we were making in those areas.

Now, we've also been investing in our team, and I really want to give some great kudos to our HR team, especially to Wilson.

If you look at here from when I started as city manager, essentially roughly July 2024, we were at 1,859 employees, and now we are 2,072.

So that's an 11 and a half percent growth in about two years.

We've also started the Leadership Academy to again invest in our in our people to give them all these different skills.

Um, and we've had 90 total graduates so far.

Um and we've also continued to invest in our people with professional development uh classes, and we've done 2,363 just in 2025.

And so I think these are real investment that we're making in our in our employees.

Um we've also had wonderful interns, 26 from UNLV, NSU, and CSN.

We've had our first high school internships through Chrysler Ray.

Uh a really bright spot, I think that that uh that I've heard from many of our employees is our North Star Academy.

Um, as you can see, we've had 100% family satisfaction with care and education.

Um, 87% of the team members say that the benefit helps them meet their job performance.

And I know I've heard this, that it has been a difference maker in their ability to stay in our in their jobs and to be recruited.

So it's it's been a great benefit for our employees.

Another thing that we've really boosted is wellness, and so we've got biweekly virtual sound bath sessions, and um have been emphasizing our EIP because workplace resilience and well-being is really important to us.

And then also just recently uh we added the health savings account option that's going to be available to most of our employees for the next open enrollment period.

Technology cannot underscore enough how important our IT department is, and I want them to hear that.

You know, they're they're one of our groups that uh is not one of the most forward-facing in our city, but man, we need each one of them because we are also incredibly reliant on technology and all the systems.

So I really want to give them some great kudos for all the work that they do behind the scenes.

Um as you can see, we've got also this cornerstone LMS.

This is uh a program, of course, that we have to continue to give education to our employees, and we are also in the midst of a new ERP system for all our counting, HR timekeeping, and enterprise management needs.

Um, this has been going on since 2024 too, and we're hoping that we can launch it sometime later this year.

Some other uh great work that the IT team has done is uh with um Maximo, of course, helping on board the Dolores Werto Resource Center and North Star.

They also assisted with the implementation of a new jail management system for the community correction center, and they did a major upgrade of the police dispatch and record system to increase functionality and system performance.

So, government affairs, they are also one of those uh you know unsung heroes.

We got a great team in Zach and Candace and Tracy.

Really want to thank them for all the work that they've done.

And I can't fail to mention Jared, um, you know, who helped Shepard to the NSU uh deal.

Um really grateful for all the work they do to coordinate and of course uh make sure that the work that we do here um reaches our stakeholders.

Another one of our strategic plan goals, infrastructure in investments.

Um, as you all see, we Las Vegas Boulevard project is well underway.

You guys got your parking spots back, so that's a big upgrade.

Um, but I cannot wait until the road is smooth, and I think it's gonna be very bizarre for all of us to have a smooth Las Vegas Boulevard when it's all said and done.

Um, Cheyenne and North Fifth, that is also an intersection we have all asked to be fixed for a long time.

And so you've probably already seen the improvements over there.

It is so much better considering it's one of our busiest intersections.

We've also added the Air Jet facility, the new home for the building maintenance and fire logistics, um, as well as a facility on Craig, which is an additional space place for fleet to maintain our city vehicles.

So we're doing things to help with our operational processes.

Um, of course, uh MPT, the 880 million dollar infrastructure in Apex, that's going to be wonderful when it's done, hopefully by next year.

Um Apex Phase 3 is also underway, and you know, you guys also recognize the projects of the year of the Gowan Outfall, Alexander Road detention base uh flood control and the WRF flow equalization basin.

So Craig Ranch, um wow, we have our new roof up, as you can see in the bottom picture right there, the difference between the old and the new.

Um, we had more than two million visitors to Craig Ranch.

Uh we've got the multi-use fields, which was uh with the help with Clark County, and it's been a great success.

We've seen a lot of great events there too.

And so, right now Craig Ranch is on the trajectory to become the most visited park in Nevada with all these improvements that we've made.

And there's more to come.

You um also heard from our our municipal forester throughout the year about all the great things that he has helped Shepard to uh to green our city.

So we got the Tree City USA designation from Arbor Day Foundation.

We got a Forest Service grant for increasing a canopy inventory.

We've got more than 1,000 trees planted.

We're well ahead of our goal to plant 5,000 trees, but we'll see what we can do to increase that.

Um and yes, Eddie did win an award.

Uh he was the Southern Nevada Arborist Group Trailblazer Award.

So community safety.

You heard from Chief Gravat earlier last month.

And this was one of the things that she she pushed for is to make sure to recognize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

And I'm glad we were able to see these commemorations with our Northwest Area Command being named after Detective Chad Parquet, as well as North Central Area Command being named after Officer Jason Roscoe.

We've got great public safety results, homicides down 6%, traffic fatalities down 40%, traffic collisions down 40% 4%.

But you heard a lot of really great things from Chief Gravat.

So I thank her and her team for their efforts to continue to make our community safe.

And because of all these great efforts, we are going to be doing our most aggressive hiring expansion in department history.

Thanks to the funding that we got, you know, from the renewed overrides.

We are going to be we had 81 officers added in 2025, 34 graduates in our most recent class, the largest in our history.

We've got 49 recruits currently in the academy, and we have 94 additional positions planned in the next budget.

So we are definitely being expanding our force.

You also heard from Chief Calhoun last month about some of the fire department highlights, and you know, I'll just highlight a few of them right now.

We had 40,000 calls in 2025.

It grew from 30,000 in 2022.

And because of that surge, we had Fire Station 58 that came online and started handling a lot of those calls.

We still have our great partnership with Medic West to stage ambulances between stations to eliminate service gaps or coverage gaps, that is.

And our response times are the quickest in department history, despite station 51 being rebuilt, which we hope is going to be coming online very, very soon, too.

And we're looking forward to that groundbreaking.

We've also invested in the fire training center on Brooks.

We're hoping we're going to meet that deadline, right?

We're gonna have our first academy in the fall 2026 with the full completion, um summer 2027.

Um, and we added heavy technical rescue team to uh designed to for not only Apex but for all the different emergencies throughout our city.

Economic growth.

So this is this is the key thing that's kept our city growing and thriving.

And there's a lot of text in there because there's so much to cover, but I just have to really give our small and mighty Econdev team led by Terry Sheridan.

Wow, like they have just been phenomenal.

Um, just a big highlight, they secured nine wins, generating an estimated 521 new jobs, 127 million in capital investment, an average hourly wage of 26.12 cents across the distribution manufacturing and assembly sectors.

Um we all know already, IDoc, Alexander Dennis, master brand cabinets are coming with more jobs.

Um I think these this are also an important thing to highlight too is not only are we attracting new businesses, we maintain those relationships as well as continue to try and expand those relationships.

And so we conducted 70 business visits through City Connect, which is our initiative that connects North Las Vegas businesses to city resources, workforce support, and public safety assistance.

We also completed 166 business assistant touch points, providing existing businesses with development guidance, permitting assistance, resource connections, and opportunities to support continued business growth and investment.

Um you all have heard this before.

We're the number one city in the nation for opportunity.

You know, we've got 300 million square feet of industrial space on 2200 acres planned under construction or complete.

Um we had Apex Area Technical Corrections Act signed into law.

Uh lots of lots of big companies are coming.

Nova, DHL, you know, North Point, Apex Ridge is adding a 1.3 million square feet.

You got switch.

And recently, um, in the last Goed meeting, you uh had three companies that pledge to make 157 million in capital improvements in North Las Vegas with jobs, you know, uh from 40.70 an hour, 4750 and 2705.

So really, really great, great jobs and businesses coming to North Las Vegas.

And can't be can't be uh ignore what we've been doing downtown.

Uh demo has been completed, and so you'll still you'll soon start seeing work done.

Um actually, I think the bids are going to be going out in a few weeks for the civic building as well as the rest of the the phases.

We've also got the downtown gateway going, um, which is part of the downtown master plan to have it all walkable.

We had our first new medical office building in 50 years now open.

And we have Nevada State University as one of the anchors over at the downtown gateway, um, committing to that pledge that we had to have a university in our in our downtown.

And Hilo Park, there are already restaurants rising on the southern site with a northern site.

We're gonna be having a groundbreaking um in August to be completed in 2027.

Then we also completed amidst all this, the Thule Springs East Area Plan, which is going to deliver potentially 32,000 homes for 100,000 new residents and 73,000 jobs.

Um, every city department was involved in this, so I want to thank them and Alfredo and his team for for all of this.

Umidst this, we um have the project named Uptown, which is going to be a walkable lifestyle community centered around a hundred acre regional sports park and main street retail district.

Um I think this is going to really be a catalyst and a desk a tourist destination for North Las Vegas.

Um this was all part of our RFP process last year to solicit proposals for for these spaces.

We also did a solicitation for eight about 800 acres along the I-15.

Um, and so we are also working to get that online to further expand the industrial space in Apex.

And our small business connector has also been a gem.

I mean, as you can see from these stats, 200 businesses launched, 1200 jobs created, you know, it's one-on-one advisory sessions, guidance, startup marketing, business planning, business development.

Um we have 8,000 active businesses that call North Las Vegas Vegas home and a thousand that are new in the past year, most licensed within two days.

So again, thank you to our team for for all they're doing to cultivate these businesses.

Um we are in the midst of our comprehensive master plan.

You guys are at the ground floor of setting the future of the city through 2055.

So again, this is going to be an all hands on deck.

Um, but it's a really exciting time to be at the city with what we think we want it to look like for the next 30 years.

So community help and well-being.

We have had a lot of grants, um, but some that I'm gonna highlight is of course our no-cost HVAC replacement.

Um we got a 1.25 million HUD Healthy Homes Grant that we're working on with rebuilding together Southern Nevada to give up to 10,000 per household.

We've got the RDA residential curb appeal program, and we're gonna be bringing you guys the first application next month to reimburse homeowners of up to one up to 25,000 first year improvements.

We also had the blind center of Nevada.

We had a 1.5 million dollar city grant supporting affordable housing for blind and visually impaired students, and you know, the counterpart to the residential curb appeals commercial facade program.

We have up to 75,000 reimbursement for businesses in the RDA areas.

So we are also affordable addressing affordable housing.

We have currently 1,340 affordable units in city assisted developments.

Um there's gonna be 555 additional units under construction, and we've granted 8.6 million in grants since 2022 towards affordable housing.

The home team, uh we have nearly 120 unsheltered individuals engaged in a single three-hour coordinated response, the first regional outreach of its kind.

I believe some of you participated in that.

Um we've been doing great connections to provide navigation housing, health care, behavior health, addiction services, and case management.

We've had four pop-up outreach events in this last fiscal year, and we've supported the launch of campus for hope to connect people with shelter mental health care job support and the safe place to rebuild, which I believe is supposed to open in 2028.

Parks and rec.

We also have a we're doing a lot of planning.

We have the master plan underway.

We believe that should be concluded by this fall.

I think what's really important about that, it's been a community-driven process.

It's been shaped by residents, and as you've probably heard over and over, they want more shade, more gathering spaces, and more family, more places for families to be together.

Project Sparkle, we are we are on our way, and so we're excited that hopefully you'll start seeing those uh be completed soon.

I think this is also really cool.

We are the home to the only municipality managed orchard in the region.

Um it's won several awards, and it's a great community asset.

We also um had the unveiling of the new Desert Horizons Park basketball courts in partnership with the Las Vegas Aces and the Nines Foundation.

Skyview, this this was a big one.

Um thankful for the partnership with YMCA, it is now operated by city staff, and the early feedback we've gotten is a lot of positive sentiment from residents for our public access and affordable programming.

And so just some stats for you in the first 68 days since under city operations, Skyview has generated more than 11,300 visits from approximately 4400 unique visitors.

So what that shows, it's it's now a heavily utilized community asset.

Um strong repeat visitation, and we're excited to have more programming there.

And the nice thing too is it's right next to our veterans and community resource center, and so it's a great amenity too for the for the for the folks that are going over there, which brings us to this.

We have now served 3,511 veterans and family members since opening in 2022.

Um I think you guys have all seen after being there that we probably need more space or more permanent space, and so hopefully that's going to be part one of our goals is to make that a reality.

And a lot of kudos goes to Walter Um Lascano, who is our coordinator over there, who also happened to win Nevada Military Friendly Veteran of the Year.

Dolores Huerta, we just completed year one.

Um, and I don't need to tell you all the great things that we've already accomplished over there, but it's really an amazing um investment that we made to the community, and um it has already been yielding great, great results.

This is also uh an amazing uh partnership that we have with the Devada governor's office as well as the library and Dolores Huerta.

This is something I'm always emphasizing is like what can we do to collaborate and and do things together?

And so this is a really great find in terms of what this virtual reality career mapping does.

Um North Star, that's under consideration for you guys tonight.

So I'm not gonna speak too much about it, but I think it has a real great opportunity to deliver across some of the pillars that um that it sets out community engagement and identity.

So something that you guys just approved, which is to receive the two and a half million dollar HUD grant for expansion of the library.

Uh the library has also been active and doing new library cards, one for the ACEs, the desert dogs, and the Raiders.

And I think there's a new one that's coming, but I'm not gonna spoil it.

Okay, fine, I'll spoil it.

It's for the 80th anniversary.

So we're doing a lot just again to generate interest for the library.

And we've also done a lot of great investment in education, and we've been continuing to use that.

One million since 2022, the Homegrown Teacher Initiative, which mayor uh got received an award for.

Um the city also received an award from Nevada State University for the community partner award for the city's investment in bringing campus to downtown North Las Vegas.

Um our Lack Hair Care Drive is in its fourth year, 5,000 products, products distributed to students.

Really proud that we're 100% graffiti-free city.

As any of you guys know, when you guys use the app, I mean, it's probably instantaneous within an hour or not, not very long that you know that any graffiti will be abated pretty quickly.

We also implemented our language access plan, and I think one thing that I'm not sure any other place does, but I'm really really proud of is our ward cleanup program in partnership with Republic Services.

We have done now 10 across all four wards since 2024, and bringing city resources directly into our neighborhoods, and I think you guys can all attest that it's been it's been really well received and a success.

And of course, we've got our 80th sort of anniversary celebrations all year.

Um we had a taste of North Las Vegas, we've got the Stone Soup Gallery and the Time Capsule.

And if you guys haven't checked it out, the plaque is officially on the time capsule.

So there is no mistaking where that time capsule is now.

And so communications.

Right.

And that's really been key is to let our residents know what we're doing, to have them be engaged, have them come to our events.

Um, and so these are really amazing stats by our comms team.

Social impressions grew 238% year over year, video views grew 387%, followers grew 18.8%.

Uh, we launched a city TikTok, and apparently, Mayor, you are really hip with it.

Um, you guys are all hip with it because I don't even know how to operate TikTok.

So I think what's also significant is we had over 20 million dollars of earned media value through the work and all the all the stuff that we've been pumping out.

So it's really great to see our story being told and shared with our community.

So looking ahead, just a couple highlights.

We're gonna be awarding a contract for construction of the North North Northern Beltway Trails soon.

Um we've got the groundbreaking pilot park, we've got the master plan completion for parks and rec coming up, downtown gateway phase one is gonna open spring 2027.

Fire training center is going to be completed next year, downtown civic building also summer.

NSU should gonna be open in fall 2027.

We're gonna continue to work on the master plan.

Hopefully, we'll be getting closer to to adopting that.

Um, Las Vegas Boulevard will be done next fall.

Project Sparkle, and then hopefully, if you guys approve it tonight, the North Star Foundation has the potential to expand access and opportunities citywide.

Um, so I know I didn't get a chance to thank everybody.

I need to thank it's really hard when we have over 2,000 team members, but I just want to really express my appreciation to our team.

It I hope and I hear it, this is at least what I hear.

You know, we have a family here, we really work to cultivate that environment that is a good working environment because when we have that great environment, then our team members are motivated to do great work for the community.

And um, and I think that's what you guys see translated throughout.

Um I also want to thank, of course, my husband and my kids for the support and patience.

Uh, this is I know I smile a lot, but it is not an easy job.

And it does take a lot of my time, even when I'm not here.

Um, and so it means a lot to have their support.

And of course, you guys, you guys have been great knowing all the different things I have on my plate and being understanding of the things we can and can't do.

And you know, most of the time I try to get to yes, and so I feel really blessed that we have each one of you here, and I am looking forward to you know, all the great things we have planned for next year.

Wow, I can't imagine your plate size.

I know you can't even lift it, but thank you.

That was an amazing, awesome presentation.

And when you put into perspective as you went slide by slide into everything that we have done, everything that we have planned, everything that we're looking forward to in the future.

It just speaks volume and it's just a true testament to the work that the city has done.

And we, you know, we mentioned earlier when talking to the girls and and they were asking questions, and um and and the question that I was asked the other day as well is you know, what are you most proud of?

Every single piece in this this presentation, we're extremely proud of.

But I think the most thing that you and I probably are proud of are is the family, is the team, are the people that make everything happen on a daily basis.

We could not do what we do, and I know you certainly could not do what you do without the amazing people that you know work here and are part of our team.

And so if we could just sit up here and name every single person, just to give them their kudos and their thanks, speaks volume.

Um, and it's about building those relationships and you know, everyone having the belief in the strategic plan that you you and your team have worked so hard to put together.

And so I am so proud of our accomplishments, but more so proud to have you as our city manager and all of the people that work under you directly.

Um and just believing in in North Las Vegas.

Um you know, most of us have been here for a very long time, and just to see the city where it is today, the possibilities are endless, and it's just to watch the growth here.

It it just brings so much joy to my heart.

But um uh uh under your leadership and just valuing the people that that he are here.

I think that's so you know, much important.

So um that you know that you believe in them, you trust them, and you know that they're going to guide us in the right direction.

And so I could just sit here and go on and on and on and on and on um about the work that you do every single day here at the city of North Las Vegas.

So thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for the trust.

Thank you for the belief.

Thank you for the vision that you you know you that you put out and that we all believe in.

Um the work never ends.

Um, and it's almost could be 24-7.

And but I just want to you know make sure that you take time for yourself as well.

Um we're we all have families, we're all moms or dads, and you know, we we there are other people that depend on us as well.

And so celebrate these successes.

You have earned them by every right of the word.

So again, thank you, thank you, and thank you.

Hi.

Yeah, um, thank you, Mayor.

Um actually, um, Madam City Manager.

Um, by trade, you're an attorney.

Um you came in, you had some pretty big shoes to fill.

I don't I know it's been a couple of years that you've filled the shoes, but actually that pair of shoes, uh, you kicked it aside and quite frankly, brought your own shoes, right?

And um uh again, whoever CCs you is gonna have some pretty big shoes to fill, but I don't want you going anytime soon.

Uh the big thing is uh there's a lot of uh pieces in motion uh to what when it comes to this.

Uh it's not just not just you know managing uh your employees, uh you also manage the relationship uh for members of this board.

We have uh five people with five different you know uh opinions and ways of uh of looking uh at the city.

You uh you man, uh you are uh able to, of course, you know, incorporate the direction that we uh give you as a board, uh right, um, and and may uh and implement that and sometimes for some really spectacular results.

Um leadership counts.

And uh it wasn't uh is that like uh you're kind of like the George Seaford.

I don't know if you remember that that uh that name.

Does anyone remember George Seaford?

Yeah, uh I'm not a Fort Niners fan, right?

But uh I rest I respect a fantastic organization.

Uh he took over for uh of course a uh Super Bowl winning coach and put his own stamp on it and one of his own sewer pools, you know, uh as uh the leader of uh of uh a fantastic organization there, right?

Um you have that you put together uh a fantastic team around you.

Um you have made adjustments as necessary.

Um you look at the uh the direction of many of our departments, right?

Uh there uh we're still leading the pack uh for a lot of things, you know.

We're still in a uh doing innovative uh projects here.

Um again, you know, uh implementing the policy that the direction of this board hasn't always been the easiest thing.

But you manage to uh to uh accomplish that.

Um I've looked we've looked around uh original boards, okay, and uh not all of them are doing all that, uh not all of them unfortunately are are producing uh at the same rate.

But I I think that the city in Las Vegas, this government, uh and and the way it was working between, of course, your management and the board.

Uh you're setting a certain standard, I think that uh that other uh municipalities are kind of copying.

Don't look now, but there's you know, uh one uh sister organization that adopts almost everything that we do, right?

That's leadership.

Right.

And that's a good thing, you know.

We we would like to see that.

Um I don't um I know I myself uh I know how I'll be voting on on this, and um I'm happy that you are our our leader here for the city.

Um and I uh I will put uh I will uh advise just uh continue to to keep you know we we stay hungry here.

We continue to uh to push the edge of what is possible.

Um and I just uh invite you to uh continue to trust your uh your team members who uh they come up with some fantastic ideas, um innovative uh and some you know sometimes I'm I'm like um like wow that that was a really good move, you know, and keep on being aggressive.

Thank you.

Madam Manager.

You know, uh I am I'm really not one to go into a lot of speeches.

I I kind of maybe it's just uh a back east mentality.

I like to just uh get to the point and what I think I appreciate most from you is the um the personal communication and the willingness to sit down and listen.

Um I think that that's critical, you know, to a council council member like myself and all of us really.

Um we uh we place a lot of responsibility on you to share your knowledge and and your perspective with us as decision makers over here.

And I I I say quite often that um we have five people over here that make decisions for you know over 300,000 people, but we wouldn't be able to make those decisions as well as we do if we didn't have um people like yourself guiding us and giving us the information and briefing us.

Um the other thing I I enjoy working with you on, and you're very personal to work with.

I appreciate that.

Um call me up all times of the day and evening, you know, to to accommodate my crazy schedule.

So that's really important, and uh Gloria appreciates that as well.

Um but the your your passion for our veterans, you know, issues that uh that the average public person doesn't know about yet or isn't aware of and behind the scenes of things that you're doing with your team.

Um, you know, like I could speak all night on that, but I'm again I don't want you to ever think that if I if I don't go on and on and on and to uh applaud you for what you do, uh it isn't because I don't respect you for what you do.

Um you're a professional.

Um you make our job here not easier, but easier to a large degree.

You help us to make decisions that are fact-based, and I think that's important.

And just seeing what we're what's happening around North Las Vegas right now, not only in in my area uh up north, but particularly down here.

Uh, you know, that's that to me that's evidence of someone who knows exactly what they're doing.

So uh I think uh council member mentioned that uh you had uh big shoes to fill.

I'm not even gonna get into the shooting anymore until you're right now.

But you know, you you had no shoes to fill.

No shoes to fill.

You are your own person, and uh we're we're blessed to have you here as our manager and friend as well.

So thank you so much for what you do, and thank you, family too, because I know that uh it takes an awful lot of burden, you know, on you to to deal with us over here 24-7, but also on your children and your husband.

So thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

So, Michaela, as I was listening to that incredible presentation, I was looking out into the audience and their handful of people here, and I was wishing to myself that the rest of the 300,000 people that um that we serve were here to witness this.

And then it occurred to me just a few moments ago that they they already do, because they live it, they experience it, they see the good work that you and your team do each day out in the community, they see the investments in public safety, the investments in community and connection, they see um the parks and rec investments, they see the economic growth everywhere that you go in the city.

So we don't need the people to be in here to look at a slideshow to realize the impact of you, your leadership, and the amazing team that um that you lead.

So a billion dollar organization with over 2,000 employees and over 300,000 customers is is no small uh task.

And uh it's just an it's been an honor to see you um pick up this uh awesome uh burden and and it is a heavy burden and carry it with so much poise and so much um grace.

And the three words that I'd like to uh that I could capture you is um dedication, commitment, and the tremendous drive.

You have this drive to accomplish things to solve problems, to make life better for the people that you that you lead and that you're accountable for as well as the residents.

And so uh I just am super excited uh at uh where you've led this team, and more importantly, I'm super excited to uh see how you continue to lead our city and our team um into the many years, hopefully into the future.

And uh there are 275 plus or 2075 plus one you amazing reasons why North Las Vegas is the best city in Nevada.

I used to think that this annual reviews were pretty mean, you know, to uh do this publicly, I don't know, city manager and city attorney.

Um at first I just didn't quite understand, but now I do, and I I see it's their importance because it's it shows our commitment to accountability and transparency for our residents.

Um and I I too echo the sentiment of each of my colleagues.

Thank you for all that you've done, Michaela.

Thank you for managing citywide operations with professionalism with such great leadership for with focus.

Um, and I just I look forward to the future with hope, and I'm excited to continue working with you.

So thanks.

All right.

Well, you've heard all the great accolades about you, Michaela.

Um I think we are all on on board here.

Well, maybe we should ask, which we should just keep her long, you guys.

We think just keep around here for a little while.

Yeah, I think we all agree with that.

And so um that will be our recommendation that we know you have a job, my dear.

You're still ours forever and ever as long as so that will be our do I see tears coming down there, ma'am.

A little bit.

It this is quite emotional, but so well deserved.

And so um, so I guess we just have to make a recommendation to accept a presentation and you as our city manager.

Okay, unless you have any other closing words.

No, I'll just I appreciate it.

I appreciate I appreciate the words.

I appreciate the confidence.

Um, as you said, Mayor, it's a team.

This is all of us and all of our people, like that's the magic of what we do here in North Las Vegas is trusting that we all have each other's best interests as well as the residents' interests at heart, and uh that we're all gonna do the right thing at the end of the day.

So thank you.

So would anyone like to make a recommendation?

Um I'll make a recommendation to keep CD manager.

Is that what I heard?

Um that's fine.

Yeah, you're awesome.

That's my recommendation.

Yeah, I think she is.

You accept you accept because we we've approved it, so motion passes.

You can't you back out now.

Okay, moving on to item 18.

All right, I think item 18 status check regarding conditions of villages at Thule Springs Regional Park and Master Developers alleged non-compliance with requirements in the villages at Thule Springs Parks and Trails Agreement.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor, City Council members, Doug Guile, Director of Parks and Recreation.

The condition of Tudie Springs Regional Park is good.

In my opinion, the park has been brought up to the standards, and the conditions placed on the master developer have been met.

Um the master developer, and we support this direction.

Thank you.

Awesome.

And I know it's taken us a while to get here, and so we're pleased, we're we're we're grateful.

But if you could just stop the wind from blowing, it'd be great.

But just grateful for the progress on the park and hope they will continue.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um today, I guess.

Any comments or questions or motion?

I just want to thank you as well.

I I drive past that park uh quite often, and we did have some problems with the uh the blowing sand over there, but I think you know, the majority of that issue came from the property north on Darrell.

You know, it was it's being developed now, but on those windy days, all of that sand, not only north, but also to the east where the uh the larger regional park will be really just uh pounded that little park over there.

But I'm happy to hear that you know that there isn't uh a week that doesn't go by that I don't get a call on that particular park over here.

Uh and um I'm happy to say that uh, and I'm sure you are too, that uh you know that park is really the responsibility of that homeowners association.

I think we've gone well beyond what we needed to do to help them and work with Bob on that and KBS.

But the responsibility now to maintain that park is with the homeowners association.

Yes.

Um so I'm I'm happy that uh we've come to the place where we are with here with us here, and I believe that uh that park is gonna be successful, particularly when they complete the entire regional park going out to uh revere.

So with that, unless uh do we have anybody else want to say anything?

So with that, I'll go ahead and uh make a motion to uh where am I with this thing over here to go ahead and uh accept the regional park as is well and that motion pass that motion passes.

Thanks, Doug.

Item 19, resolution number 2755, a resolution of the North Las Vegas City Council authorizing funding of up to 1 million 50,000 dollars to the North Star Fund and Nevada Nonprofit Corporation to support North Star Fund's mission and community benefiting initiatives and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Welcome, Will.

Mayor City Council, it's a pleasure to be here this evening.

Will Hardy, uh assistant city manager and and uh chief financial officer.

I'm excited to talk to you about the North Star Fund.

Uh as you might recall in December of 24, you authorize staff to go ahead and get started and to establish the uh the North Star Fund for the purpose of improving the lives of the residents of North Las Vegas.

Just as a reminder, the North Star Fund's mission is to bring together government businesses, philanthropists, and nonprofit organizations to support the North Las Vegas community and to provide practical solutions to the city's most critical needs through the strength of collaborative public private partnerships.

And so now is this uh is this business, it's a non-for-profit, as it's starting to get going, it needs to be seeded.

You cannot run a business without without administration.

And so what this item uh item number 19 and number nine and 20 is to do is to cede the North Star Fund so that it can hire an executive director and it can start fundraising and start uh you know fulfilling its mission to to better the lives of the residents of North Las Vegas.

Uh we're requesting $350,000 a year, but there were some concerns about just uh having that without any thresholds for for fundraising.

So what we've done in this in this funding agreement is if the funding in the first year doesn't exceed at least 200,000 enough to cover an executive director, that the funding for years two and three are not complete.

So what this does is it puts some accountability and ownership on this funding.

Um and again, it's uh we're excited about this project.

It's been a long time coming.

And uh we we uh recommend approval.

Any questions?

Thank you.

Well, yeah, we're excited about this project and you know, and grateful for the work that's gone in to finally bring this to fruition and how it will just benefit things in North Las Vegas that we can possibly not fund uh with the with the set criteria for those who are seeking because we get calls constantly for for um support for things, and this will be one way that we can help get that support.

Okay.

Questions or comments on item number 19?

Okay, go ahead.

Yeah, uh, thank you very much.

Um as the mayor pointed out, you know, we will have people who don't quite understand uh the way things work, and they'll come, they'll they'll ask us, you know, hey, can the city do this?

Can the city fund that uh special program for education or it could be for businesses?

So um uh what is the model that we used to of course develop our uh our our mission here, our North Star Fund mission.

What what what is the model that we had uh that that we based ours off of?

Uh as you might recall, I be I'm uh in December of 2024 when you authorize staff to go ahead and get started on this.

Uh we we task our director of strategic initiatives to go ahead and get started with the North Star Fund.

And uh the acronym of STAR is what is the basis of the mission, right?

The SPARKLE Transformative Um Academics and Rise.

And so as projects come up, as you as you as elected officials, oftentimes people approach you with how can the city help and being a government entity, uh we're restricted on exactly how we can get involved sometimes.

Having a separate non-for-profit that is not part of the city, this will allow for those projects and that collaboration between public and private partnership to happen that it's it's restrictive on the government side if that makes sense.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um thank you.

Well, um, only want to say that um this is really excited about this.

I think we have a really good um responsible, um strong funding model for for this, uh North Star.

I'm gonna call it a business, it's really a business, and um, I think it's going to uh really improve the lives of a resident.

There's a lot of things that local government can do, but there's a lot of things that he can't.

And for that, I think we have this um, you know, we were gonna have visibility now.

That's gonna make it a lot easier to be able to fund certain um projects and initiatives that residents have been asking for a long time.

And um, so I'm I'm really excited about this, and I I like the thresholds, and um, yeah, just looking forward to uh what it's going to become.

Thank you.

Thanks for your hard work, by the way.

Thank you, Councilman.

Okay, one question.

I just wanted to say I I think timing is everything.

I think we're at a point in our city with the momentum and the progress that we're making, the development, the growth that uh the timing is just right to launch uh an initiative like this.

Uh you need seed money to make that invest an initial investment to make it yield and grow.

I think uh having the performance metrics in is the right thing to do.

Um, but also I think my colleagues have mentioned more of the uh um the receiving side of what the North Star Fund can do on uh facilitating projects and benefit, community benefit uh for our residents, but there's also a supply side that I think is untapped, and this is the the vehicle.

We have great corporate citizens in North Las Vegas that invest a lot of money and make a lot of money and employ a lot of people, and those are the organizations that want to give back, want to make a difference, want to invest um strategically in the community that um is that they're a part of, and this is a vehicle to do that.

So I just think that there's the supply side and the the community benefit side that will come from this, and I think it's uh perfect time, and uh it's really an exciting initiative.

Motion I'd like to make a motion to approve North Star funding agreement with North Star Fund.

We um we're on item number 19, so the approval for this one would be the resolution.

I am so sorry, I skipped.

I'm just so excited.

Um, motion to pass and adopt resolution number 2755.

Thank you, Catherine.

Thank you.

And that motion passes.

Item 20 funding agreement with North Star Fund, a Nevada nonprofit corporation in a total amount not to exceed 1 million 50,000 dollars for a potential three-year term to support North Star Funds mission and community benefiting initiatives.

Okay, and I think Will touched on part of that when he was talking about um item 19.

Are there any additional comments or questions?

Okay, if not, I'll entertain a motion for item 20.

Okay, um, motion to approve item 20 funding agreement with North Star Fund.

That motion passes.

Thanks again, Will.

Moving on to ordinances for introduction only.

Item 21, ordinance number 3282, an ordinance of the city of North Las Vegas, amending section 10.04.055 of North Las Vegas Municipal Code related to civil infractions in school zones, section 10.20.080 related to no passing zones near schools, section 10.20.300 related to U-turns in school zones.

Section 10.24.020 related to speed limits in school zones and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Item 22, ordinance number 3283, an ordinance of the city of North Las Vegas amending Title VIII of North Las Vegas Municipal Code relating to health and safety by adding chapter 8.05 cost recovery for hazardous spills or accidents and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Moving on to appointments.

Item 23, appointment of a mayor pro temporar for a term ending on June 30, 2027.

Um I did you know talk with with my colleagues about this appointment to reappoint Scott Black Mayor Pro Tim as Mayor Pro Tim.

Um and I'm not gonna do a long drawn-out speech.

I think action speak louder than words on this item.

And so we were all in agreement that this is the right choice to make.

So are there any other comments or questions about the appointment?

Okay, so that will be my motion to appoint Scott Black as Mayor Pro Tim.

And then motion passes.

Well, moving on to the city manager's report.

I have more to say.

Okay, good.

I'm keeping it short this time.

I just want to recognize our June 2026 team member of the month, uh, senior HRIS business analyst Lee Meningas.

Lee consistently steps in to support not only her own HRIS team, but also the benefits, talent acquisition, labor, learning, and payroll teams.

She doesn't just do great work, she makes the workplace better for everyone around her.

So, congratulations, Lee, on being our June 2026 team member of the month.

And as uh MPT noted, we have our flag racing ceremony tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.

Liberty Park.

We have our guest speaker, Dr.

Tyler Perry, associate professor of African American and African Diaspora Stati Studies at UNLV, is going to share remarks on Juneteenth's history and significance.

And of course, we just want to recognize that we were the first city in Nevada to formally observed Juneteenth as a city holiday in 2021, and we supported the legislation that made it a state holiday in 2023.

So just two slides.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

All right, if there are no other comments, we will move on to the second public forum.

This is the time set aside for the public to speak on issues that were not on the agenda tonight, but that were within the jurisdiction or control of the city council.

Speakers are limited to two minutes.

Remember, no items raised during this public forum.

The second public forum may be deliberated or acted upon by the city council.

Items, however, may be discussed or better discussed, could be deferred by city staff to the city manager or the city staff at a later date.

So, madam city clerk, do we have any blue cards or written comments for the second public forum?

Yes, ma'am, we do.

Okay.

Uh the first speaker being Terry Maria.

Welcome back, Mr.

Maria.

Always great to see you.

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

Um, Terry Maria, North Las Vegas.

Uh you guys said it pretty much she didn't uh you guys did a great job with what my area is.

Uh the deputy and the uh I don't know, the assistant director of the public works has really helped by putting a sign up that's telling people how fast they're going if apparently they can't speed see their speedometer um or they're checking their speedometer to see if it's right.

Um but I also got a uh visit by the CCSD uh bus manager who is in charge of correcting, I'll say it that way.

Uh I was I'm being nice.

Um this their policies on the bus drivers.

Um he came by, he saw he saw the area, and he agreed that this area needs better control and better visual notice of what's going on.

And he appreciated what the city the the public works has done because now it gives them another tool to look at what's going on for their buses.

Um most people don't understand if you have the the time, the date, and a bus number.

That will get them an idea a chance to correct the problem.

With that also in on my street now that that signs up, it will they can go to that uh public works and get the like an acknowledgement from them and not from me.

So that's like I said, is a great help.

Um the police.

I know I have a police officer that lives about three blocks from the house.

I just found out I saw his car up there.

Um hopefully he hears and sees this as well.

And other than that, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Mayor, we also have speaker Gary Bouchard.

Welcome, Mr.

Bashard.

Okay, I want to comment on two things.

I've met one just could uh could make a comment on what is name and address the director.

State your name, address please, yeah, why is it not close enough?

Name, address for the record.

You know the directory.

Thank you.

I live in North Las Vegas, been here for 25 years.

The show we just saw, I've seen three other times before.

It's a great movie, it's a movie, it's not real.

You apparently nobody in the city council has a degree in business.

Nobody's ever run a business.

The economy right now is on the verge of cracking into.

We've got a crazy man in the White House that's got us into another war we can't get out of.

We don't know what we're going to run into in 2000 and seven.

And to make all these crazy ideas right now, I think we better concentrate on getting a control over how much money we're spending on labor, because you're spending way too much money on labor, you can't afford it.

You're letting people retire after 20 years with 80% of the retirement program.

You better concentrate on what we need to do just to make this a livable city.

Okay, I got 52 seconds left.

Here's what I want to talk about.

It's America's 250th anniversary, and you guys aren't doing anything at the park, Craig Row.

Not a damn thing.

But you always got money to do that state of the city, which is another dog and pony show.

You did that thing about the 80th anniversary of North Las Vegas.

Did whoever it was a lousy put together thing.

I do this kind of stuff for a living.

I know what a good show is, what a bad show is.

You should have hired me, you would have had a good show, but you did it yourselves and you screwed it up.

But you have money for that.

But you do here we come in 250th anniversary.

This is an important milestone in the history of this country.

And it's a slap of the face to our vets, it's a slap of the face to the people that live here that you don't want to do anything for them except make yourselves look good.

Thank you very much.

Three minutes left.

Oh no, I'm over.

Thank you.

You have any more blue cards?

I did like 30 minutes thank you.

Sit down, sir.

Sit down.

And I will.

Thank you.

You're the boss.

Please sit down.

Do we have any other blue cards?

Me, I just want to confirm Mr.

Alexander.

You've chosen not to speak.

That's it, Your Honor.

There's no.

Okay.

So what with that?

I'll go ahead and close the second public forum, and this meeting is adjourned.