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AGENDA 
Regular Meeting
Reno City Council
Wednesday, October 12, 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 - Vacant
Ward 4 - Bonnie Weber   
    Ward 5 - Kathleen Taylor     
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:
 
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.

Watch Meetings: Certain Reno City Council & Redevelopment Agency Board meetings are streamed online when Reno City Council & Redevelopment Agency Board is in session in Council Chamber at www.reno.gov/meetings, the City of Reno YouTube channel, and broadcast on Charter Channel 194.

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A
Introductory Items
 
A.1
Pledge of Allegiance
 
A.2
Roll Call
 
A.4
Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – 12 October 2022
 
A.5
Approval of the Minutes
 
A.5.1
Reno City Council - Regular - August 10, 2022 10:00 AM (For Possible Action)
 
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
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - New Alcohol - Belleville Wine Bar, Nicolas Gourdon, 400 West 5th Street, Suite 101, On-Premises Wine and Beer [Ward 5]
 
B.2
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - New Alcohol - Voodoo Brewery Co, Michael Hitchcock, 550 West Plumb Lane, Suites E and F, On-Premises Alcohol, Package Wine and Beer [Ward 1]
 
B.3
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - New Alcohol - 7-Eleven Store 41724A, Harpreet Kalsh, 8075 Lemmon Drive, Package Alcohol [Ward 4]
 
B.4
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Change of Ownership - Alcohol - Bertha Miranda’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, Robert Shandor, 336 Mill Street, Dining Room Alcohol [Ward 3]
 
B.5
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Authorization for the Reno Police Department to apply for the 2022 Formula Justice Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in the amount of $201,762, approval of and authorization to sign the Interlocal Agreement for the use of the 2022 Justice Assistance Grant funds and authorization to sign the required FY 2022 Certification and Assurances and other associated documents.
 
B.6
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution to reapportion assessments for the City of Reno, Nevada 2002 Special Assessment District No. 3/Reapportionment No. 26 (Double R Boulevard).
 
B.7
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Spanish Springs Construction, Inc. for the Dick Taylor Park Tennis and Pickleball Courts Project in an amount not to exceed $356,400. (CDBG Funds)  [Ward 4]
 
B.8
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval and Renewal of Contract with Lockton Companies for Insurance Brokerage in the amount of $92,700 annually for the next two years. (Self-Funded Medical Plan Fund)
 
B.9
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the extension of the Included Health (previously Grand Rounds) benefit for eligible employees seeking medical guidance through a suite of services in the amount of $99,000 per year for the next three years. (Self-Funded Medical Plan Fund)
 
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
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS -  Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Introduction - Bill No. ________ Case No. LDC22-00048 (DPII Master Plan and Zoning Map Amendment) Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled "Zoning," rezoning an ±8.05 acres site located ±1,000 feet south of the intersection of Claim Jumper Way and Tellurium Mine Drive from Unincorporated Transition 5 acres (UT- 5) to Single-Family 8 dwelling units per acre (SF-8); together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 2]
 
C.2
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS -  Staff Report (For Possible Action): Case No. TXT23-00001 (Title 18 – Cannabis, Package Alcohol, Live Entertainment, Adult Business) Request to amend Reno Municipal Code Title 18, “Annexation and Land Development”, specifically in Chapter 18.03 “Use Regulations” Section 18.03.206 “Table of Allowed Uses”, Section 18.03.304 “Commercial Uses”, Section 18.03.306 “Industrial Uses”, Section 18.03.405 “Standards for Specific Accessory Uses”, and Chapter 18.09 “Rules of Construction and Definitions” Section 18.09.303 “Commercial Uses”, and Section 18.09.306 “Accessory Uses”, in order to revise locational requirements for cannabis uses, amend regulations for package alcohol sales for general retail and accessory uses, to amend standards for daytime and live entertainment uses and to add the locational criteria for adult businesses in the Mixed Employment zoning district; together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, At-large]
 
D
Department Items
  
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
 
G
City Clerk
  
G.1
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion, potential direction to staff regarding the finalist selection process, and the selection of the finalists for the Ward 3 City Council Member vacancy from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Lilith “Lily” Baran, Chaz Blackburn, Jaime Chapman, Adriane “Adrienne Feemster” Cobb, Chad Dehne, Kyle Edgerton, Gerold Gorman, Jonathan “Jon” Killoran, Kathleen Brown-Lindstrom, William Mantle, Miguel Martinez, Gabriel Maya, Courtney McKimmey, Jeffrey “Jeff” Morris, Norman Phan, Marie Rodriguez, Christopher “Sean” Savoy, Michael “Mike” Trudell, and Clifton “Cliff” Young. 
 
G.2
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential appointment of one City Council Member as the City of Reno's elected member to the Washoe County District Board of Health from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Jenny Brekhus, Naomi Duerr, Devon Reese, Hillary Schieve, Kathleen Taylor or Bonnie Weber. 
 
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.)
 
K
Adjournment (For Possible Action)