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AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 . 10:00 AM
Reno City Council Chamber, One East First Street, Reno, NV 89501
Hillary Schieve, Mayor
Council Members:
Ward 1 - Jenny Brekhus
Ward 2 - Naomi Duerr
Ward 3 - Oscar Delgado
 
Ward 4 - Bonnie Weber
Ward 5 - Neoma Jardon
At Large - Devon Reese
 
 
Public Notice: This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241.020(3) (notice of meetings) at Reno City Hall – One East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241.020(3) at http://www.reno.gov, and NRS 232.2175 at https://notice.nv.gov/. To obtain further documentation regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (775) 334-2030 or [email protected].

Members of the public may hear, observe and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link:
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Public Comment: Individuals wishing to address City Council at the meeting shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to the City Clerk. Individuals not in attendance may provide public comment by: (1) submitting an online public comment form at Reno.Gov/PublicComment; (2) sending an email to [email protected], (3) leaving a voicemail at (775) 393-4499 or 4) participating via zoom by registering using the link above which will provide the meeting ID and call-in phone number. Voicemails received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to City Council for review, and entered into the record. Voicemails received thereafter will be provided to City Council for review prior to adjournment, and entered into the record.

Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Unused time may not be reserved by the speaker, nor allocated to another speaker. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment until the matter is included on a subsequent agenda and denoted as an action item. On specific agenda items, the presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the City Council, or if the content is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. Other examples of disruptive conduct include, without limitation, yelling, stamping of feet, whistles, applause, heckling, name calling, use of profanity, personal attacks, physical intimidation, threatening use of physical force, assault, battery, or any other acts intended to impede the meeting or infringe on the rights of City Council members, city staff, or meeting participants. Any person making willfully disruptive remarks while addressing City Council may be removed from the room by the presiding officer, and barred from attending the remainder of the meeting. See, Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 00-047 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual, § 8.05. NRS 241.030(4)(a); RMC §§ 8.12.024, 8.12.027.

Accommodations: City Council and staff will make reasonable efforts to assist and accommodate individuals with disabilities desiring to attend the meeting. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (775) 334-2030 in advance so that arrangements can be made.

Supporting Material: Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available at the City Clerk’s Office, and on the City’s website at http://www.reno.gov/meetings. Pursuant to NRS 241.020(6), supporting material is made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the City Council.

Order of Business: The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure at the meeting pursuant to the Rules of the Reno City Council (City Council Resolution No. 8771, adopted January 22, 2020). Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. City Council may combine two or more agenda items for consideration; remove items from the agenda; and/or, delay discussion on or continue scheduled agenda items at any time. Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier than the stated time, but may be heard later.

Council Recess: At the discretion of the presiding officer, City Council may recess at any time during the meeting to confer with legal counsel and/or its management representatives as permitted by law. Additional short breaks may be taken throughout the meeting as needed.

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A Introductory Items
A.1 Pledge of Allegiance
A.2 Roll Call
A.3 Public Comment (This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment.)
A.4 Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) - April 13, 2022.
B Consent Agenda (All consent items may be approved together with a single motion, be taken out of order, and/or be heard and discussed individually.)
B.1 Approval of Privileged Business Licenses
       B.1.a New - Alcohol
          1. Las Americas Mini Mart, Jose Castro Serrano, 1290 Gentry Way, Suite 103, Packaged Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 3]
          2. Sensology, Philippe Frayssinoux, 2500 East Second Street, On-Premises Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 3]
          3. Skyline Cafe, Maria Aguilar, 3005 Skyline Boulevard, Suite 100, Dining Room Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 1]
          4. O'Neill Beer Company, Vincente Guarino, 560 Mill Street, Suite 102, Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturer, On-Premises Wine and Beer, Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturer's Package Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 3]
       B.1.b New - Gaming
          1. El Adobe Cafe, Raul Berumen, 55 West Arroyo Street, 15 Slot Machines (For Possible Action) [Ward 1]
       B.1.c Change of Ownership - Alcohol
          1. Pizza Twist, Sukhpal Waraich, 1885 South Virginia Street, On-Premises Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 1]
          2. Round Table Pizza, Charles Chadwick, 1075 North Hills Boulevard, Suite 120, Dining Room Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 4]
B.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of a Nevada State Liquor Manufacturer's License application for Vincente Guarino and Jeanne Guarino, O’Neill Beer Company, LLC dbas O’Neill Beer Company located at 560 Mill Street, Suite 102, Reno, Nevada and if approved, authorize the Mayor to sign the Nevada State Liquor License Application. [Ward 3]
B.3 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of grant award from the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS) to support the City of Reno's Veterans cycling program and adaptive equipment rental program in the amount of $10,000.
B.4 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of Grant Award from the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety to the City of Reno Police Department to purchase motorcycle communication systems in the amount of $10,000.
B.5 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of Grant Award from Join Together Northern Nevada (JTNN) to the City of Reno Police Department to enforce underage drinking laws in the amount of $8,747.45.
B.6 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Settlement Agreement in Cynthia Doubek, et al. v. City of Reno, et al., Case No. 3:21-CV-00054-MMD-CSD in the amount of $1,200,000. (Risk Management Fund and Insurance)
B.7 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Van Woert Bigotti Architects for the final design and architectural construction administration for the Moana Springs Community Aquatics and Fitness Center in an amount not to exceed $2,039,100. (General Capital Improvement Fund) [Ward 2]
B.8 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Farr West Engineering for Construction Management Services for the Moana Springs Community Aquatics and Fitness Center in an amount not to exceed $650,000. (General Capital Improvement Fund) [Ward 2]
B.9 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Award of the 2022 Traffic Signal On-Call Contract to Titan Electrical Contracting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $739,600. (Street Fund)
B.10 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution of the Reno City Council pursuant to NRS 271.377, 271.380 and 271.385 fixing the date, time and place when complaints, protests and objections to the assessment roll for a City of Reno, Nevada Neighborhood Improvement Project, otherwise known as the Downtown Reno Business Improvement District, will be heard; and causing such roll to be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
B.11 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Subrecipient Agreement with Reno Housing Authority for Award of Coronavirus State and Local Recovery funds to support the purchase and rehabilitation of the Bonanza Inn, 215 W. Fourth Street, in the amount of $6 million. [Ward 5]
B.12 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Agreement to commission artist Mike Burke for the Somersett West Park Public Art Project in the amount of $30,000. (Residential Construction Tax) [Ward 5]
B.13 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of a five year contract with the option of three additional one year renewals for Property and Casualty Brokerage services from Aon Risk Insurance Services West, Inc. at an annual flat fee of $98,000 for years one through three, $103,000 for years four and five, $103,000 for option year six and $108,000 for option years seven and eight. (Risk Management Fund)
B.14 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of a three-year contract, with the option of two additional one-year renewals for Third Party Administrator services from Sedgwick for administration of workers' compensation claims management services, with a first year fee of $154,450 and subsequent year two and year three fees of $150,450. (Workers' Compensation Fund)
B.15 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the reallocation of Council Travel and Training Funds to Parks Maintenance budget in the Parks and Recreation Department to purchase new benches for Sierra Vista Park in the amount of $1,544. (General Fund) [Jardon]
B.16 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution donating Council Travel and Training Funds to Dress for Success, Northern Nevada, to offset costs associated with their fourth annual Kentucky Derby in the West fundraiser in the amount of $200. (General Fund) [Reese]
C Public Hearings - 10:00 AM (Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier than the stated time, but may be heard later.)
C.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Introduction - Bill No. ________ Case No. LDC22-00044 (Coral Academy Rezoning) Request for a zoning map amendment from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to Specific Plan District (SPD). The ±2.95 acre project site is located northwest of the intersection of Reno View Drive and Sky Mountain Drive. The site has a Master Plan land use designation of Suburban Mixed-Use (SMU). [Ward 1]
D Department Items
City Attorney
D.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Direction to the City Attorney's Office to commence eviction proceedings against the Freight House District LLC, the Men's Club, and any other holdover tenants unlawfully occupying the City owned property located at 0 Lake Street and 0 Evans Avenue also known as APN’s 007-311-21, 007-311-22 and 011-311-23, Reno, Nevada.
D.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential direction to the City Attorney’s Office to file an amicus curiae brief in City of Las Vegas v. 180 Land Co, LLC et al, Nevada Supreme Court Case No. 84345.
City Manager's Office
D.3 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion, direction, and approval of a Utility System Lease agreement with Sierra Power Company DBA Nevada Energy for the Community Solar Project at 240 West Moana Lane (APN 024-013-06) for 25 years for $100 and authorize the City's Finance Director to appropriate up to $1,500,000 of unallocated excess fund balance in the General Fund for the Moana Springs Recreational Complex parking lot improvements. (General Fund) [Ward 2]
D.4 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of an Exclusive Franchise Agreement between Bird and the City of Reno for an E-Scooter Share Program in the Downtown and Midtown areas.
D.5 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Update and potential direction to staff on the Clean and Safe program’s outreach plan.
D.6 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion, and potential adoption of the City of Reno 2022 Federal Legislative Platform
E Ordinances - Introduction (Other Ordinance, Introduction items may be found under the following agenda sections: Public Hearings, and/or Standard Department Items.)
F Ordinances - Adoption
F.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption - Bill No. 7203 Case No. ANX22-00001 (Red Rock Road/Trail Drive Annexation) Ordinance annexing to and making part of the City of Reno certain specifically described territory of twelve parcels totaling ± 44.74 acres generally located to the southeast of the intersection of Red Rock Road and Trail Drive. The subject site is located outside of the City of Reno Sphere of Influence and has the Washoe County Rural Residential (RR) Master Plan land use designation. The subject site has Washoe County zoning designations which include 41.57 acres of High Density Rural (HDR) and 3.17 acres of Public Semi Public (PSP). [Ward 4]
F.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption - Bill No. 7204 Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled "Zoning," rezoning ±207.35 acres of Large Lot Residential 2.5 acres per dwelling unit (LLR2.5) and ±3.17 acres of Public Facility (PF) to ±210.52 acres of Specific Plan District (SPD). The ±210.52 acre site is generally located to the southeast of the intersection of Red Rock Road and Trail Drive; together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 4]
G City Clerk
G.1 Citizen Appointments to Boards and Commissions
          G.1.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential appointment of one individual to the E911 Advisory Board from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Cody Shadle.
          G.1.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential appointment of one individual as the Architectural Historian to the Historical Resources Commission from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Cihangir Arslan, Kerry Rohrmeier or Jerry Wager.
G.2 Elected Official Appointments to Boards and Commissions
          G.2.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential reappointment of one individual to the Western Regional Water Commission (WRWC) from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Naomi Duerr.
          G.2.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential joint appointment (with the City of Sparks) of one Trustee to represent the owners of the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) on the Board of Trustees of the Western Regional Water Commission (WRWC) from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Donald Abbott, Paul Anderson, Jenny Brekhus, Charlene Bybee, Kristopher Dahir, Oscar Delgado, Naomi Duerr, Neoma Jardon, Ed Lawson, Devon Reese, Hillary Schieve, Dian VanderWell, or Bonnie Weber.
G.3 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Interlocal Agreement with Washoe County for the 2022 Primary and General Municipal Elections.
H Mayor and Council
H.1 City Council Comments, including announcements regarding City boards and commissions, activities of local charitable organizations and upcoming local community events. (Non-Action Item)
I Public Hearings - 6:00 PM (Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier than the stated time, but may be heard later.)
I.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Appeal of Hearing Officer's decision regarding denial of ADM22-00009 (Reactor Way Phase 2 Sidewalk Waiver). [Ward 3]
The appeal was filed by the Hamilton Company. The City Council may affirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Hearing Officer.
I.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Case No. LDC22-00019 (Reno Iron Works) Appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a request for a Major Site Plan Review to construct a new ±40,000 square foot industrial manufacturing building that will result in: 1) grading cuts 20 feet or greater in depth and fills 10 feet or greater in height, and; 2) hillside development. The ±11.88 acre site is located on the east side of Spectrum Boulevard, ±1,552 feet north of its intersection with Dandini Boulevard. The site is located in the Mixed-Use Suburban (MS) zoning district and has a Master Plan land use designation of Suburban Mixed-Use (SMU). [Ward 4]
The appeal was filed by Jill Dobbs, Executive Director of the SPCA of Northern Nevada. City Council may affirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Planning Commission.
J Public Comment (This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment.)
K Adjournment (For Possible Action)