Meeting

AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Reno City Council
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 ● 10:00 AM

Reno City Council Chamber, 1 East First Street, Reno, NV 89501

Hillary Schieve, Mayor

Council Members:

Ward 1 - Jenny Brekhus
Ward 2 - Naomi Duerr
Ward 3 - Miguel Martinez

Ward 4 - Meghan Ebert
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 – 1 East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241.020(3) at Reno.gov, and NRS 232.2175 at notice.nv.gov/. To obtain further documentation regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 775-334-2030 or [email protected].

This meeting will be held at Reno City Hall in the City Council Chamber and via the Zoom video conference platform.

Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting may do so at the designated physical location or may hear, observe, and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link which will provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number:

https://links.reno.gov/Council04-24

You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering this Webinar ID: 817 7476 5564. NOTE: This option will require a computer with audio and video capabilities. Alternatively, you can join the meeting by telephone only by dialing 1-669-444-9171, entering the Webinar ID: 817 7476 5564, and pressing #.

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 Webinar 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.

To provide public comment via Zoom, log in to the Zoom webinar at the above link and utilize the “Raise Hand” feature during any public comment period. To provide public comment via telephone only, press *9 to “Raise Hand” and *6 to mute/unmute.

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 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 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 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

Members Present
Mayor Hillary Schieve, Councilmember Devon Reese, Councilmember Naomi Duerr, Councilmember Jenny Brekhus, Councilmember Kathleen Taylor, Councilmember Miguel Martinez, Councilmember Meghan Ebert

A.3

Public Comment

A.3.1

Public Comment

A.4	Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – 24 April 2024

A.5

Approval of the Minutes

A.5.1

Reno City Council - Special - 18 March 2024 10:00 AM (For Possible Action)

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 – Alcohol Catering (Change Description) – Coffee N’ Comics, Alexander Farside, 940 West Moana Lane, Suite 105. [Ward 2]

B.2

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – Alcohol Manufacturing (Change of Location) – Lake Tahoe Distillers, Eric Roe, 892 Maestro Drive, Suite 104. [Ward 2]

B.3

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of a Nevada State Liquor Manufacturer License Application for Eric Roe and Paul Pruteanu, Lake Tahoe Distillers located at 892 Maestro Drive, Suite 104, Reno, Nevada, and if approved, authorize the Mayor to sign the Nevada State Liquor License Application. [Ward 2]

B.4

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – Cabaret, Alcohol Catering (Change of Description) – Grafted Whiskey and Wine Bar, Jade Bogan, 7300 Rancharrah Parkway, Suite 160. [Ward 2]

B.5

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – Cabaret (Change of Description) – Playfield 76, Bryan Wright, 150 North Arlington Avenue. [Ward 5]

B.6

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – On-Premises Alcohol, Cabaret (Change of Location) – The Arch Society, Anne Archer, 538 South Virginia Street. [Ward 3]

B.7

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – On-Premises Alcohol (New) – X-Golf Reno, Aaron Copeland, 13925 South Virginia Street, Suite 234. [Ward 2]

B.8

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – On-Premises Alcohol, Package Wine and Beer (New) – Hyatt Place Reno Hotel, Doug Leiber, 13959 South Virginia Street. [Ward 2]

B.9

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License – Restricted Gaming 6 Slot Machines (New) – Sartini Gaming LLC dbat 11 7 Tambayan, Phyllis Gilland, 1575 Vassar Street. [Ward 3]

B.10

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consulting Agreement for Engineering Services with AtkinsRealis USA, Inc. for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) Year 1 Manhole and Piping Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $205,280 with the City of Reno's share being $140,883.66. (Sewer Fund)

B.11

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of 18 sponsorship allocations for special events for fiscal year (FY) 23/24 and 36 sponsorship allocations for special events for FY 24/25 based upon recommendations of the Special Events Sponsorship Committee of the Reno City Council to include: Ninja Run; Walk MS Reno; Earth Day; Biggest Little Half Marathon; ZERO Prostate Cancer Run; Mother’s Day Market by Riverside Farmers Market; Bass Camp Biggest Little Block Party; The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey Relay Run Adventure; 2024 Great Basin Community Food Co-op (GBCFC) Annual Seedling Sale; Ride Reno, Spin Sparks; Feed the Camel; Reno River Festival; Juneteenth Parade; Best in the West Beard Festival; Art After Dark; 2024 Reno Gamble; Tri Lab; A Day on Riverside; Artown; Great American Craft Fair Fourth of July Parade; Sierra Nevada Honey and Lavender Festival; Dancing in the Streets; 2024 Silver State Championships; Bass Camp Festival; Boneyard Blast; Art Paws; Bollywood Nights Extravaganza; Hot August Nights; X-Fest “The Alley Project”; India Independence Day; Journal Jog; Reno Labor Fest; Milk & Honey Fest; Reno-Tahoe 5K Fun Run/1 Miler Invitational; Scenes Out West; Dandiya Nights; R5K Run/Walk for Recovery; Believe in Reno; The Great Reno Balloon Race; Fiesta on Wells; Reno Pride; Dirty Wookie Run; Sierra Arts Celebration of Reno; Rock Reno Half Marathon; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Walks Reno; 14th Annual “A Time for Remembrance”; Offbeat Music Festival; Great Pumpkin Festival; Decompression; Native Heritage Celebration; Holiday Bazaar by Riverside; Wobble Before You Gobble; and Holiday Lights Festival, in an amount not to exceed $222,539.83. (Room Tax)

B.12

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins Love Your Block Grant Award to the City of Reno Housing and Neighborhood Development Department in the amount of $100,000 to expand neighborhood community cleanups.

B.13

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of a grant award from United Healthcare Plan of Nevada in the amount of $15,000 to further support the Reno Works + Program.

B.14

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of a grant award from United Healthcare Plan of Nevada to support the Rental and Deposit Assistance Program in the amount of $50,000 for interim hotel assistance.

B.15

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of a calendar year (CY) 2024 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Services-Training-Officers-Prosecutors (STOP) Grant 2024-VAWA-27 from the Nevada Office of the Attorney General to provide services to victims of domestic violence in the amount of $234,108.69.

B.16

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of a local partner agreement with PH International to host ten Nepalese adaptive sports participants for the Sport for Social Change (SSC) Program in September 2024 with a compensation amount of $2,500.

B.17

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of a donation from the High Fives Foundation to support City of Reno adaptive programs in the amount of $21,000.

B.18

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of the City of Reno Annual Report to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency. [Ward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, At-large]

B.19

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution donating Reno Access Advisory Committee (RAAC) funds to the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (NCED) to go toward I Can Bike Camp to be held June 17-21, 2024, in the amount of $4,800. (General Fund)

B.20

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution donating Reno Access Advisory Committee (RAAC) funds to Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation (TMPF) to defray expenses associated with the purchase of a Track Chair through the David’s Chair Foundation to use at the Rosewood Nature Study Area in Reno, Nevada, in the amount of $5,000. (General Fund)

B.21

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution donating Council Discretionary Funds to Stead Elementary School to support their dedication to all who enter their school by ensuring high levels of education in the amount of $500. (General Fund) [Ebert] [Ward 4]

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.)

D	Department Items

City Attorney

D.1

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Offers of Judgment in the civil litigation matter of Apryl McElroy, Jessica Troup v. Paul Sifre, City of Reno, et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00451, in the proposed total amount of $500,000. (Risk Management Fund)

D.2

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval to participate as amicus in Mountain Vista Holdings, LLC. vs. Transwest Express, LLC, Nevada Supreme Court Case No. 84692, in support of Respondent Transwest’s Petition for Rehearing of the Court’s reversal on the issue of admissibility of certain expert appraisals and prior settlement information.

Finance

D.3

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Resolution of Intent, proposing the issuance of, and authorizing the publication of notices relating to general obligation (limited tax) sewer bonds (additionally secured by pledged revenues) in the maximum principal amount of $70,000,000 for the purpose of financing sewerage projects for the city; and providing other matters properly related thereto. (Sewer Fund) (Two-thirds Majority Vote Required)

Parks and Recreation

D.4

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation about the status of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded, City-owned Pembroke Flat Field project and discussion, potential direction to staff regarding construction, operations, and maintenance of the project, and/or identifying other next steps related to the project.

Police Department

D.5

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation and discussion on the Reno Police Department’s (RPD) Directed Engagement, Enforcement, and Deployment Strategy (DEEDS) initiative, including outcomes and opportunities of the data-driven deployment model.

Public Works

D.6

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion, direction, and potential approval of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC), the City of Reno, the City of Sparks, and Washoe County to collaborate on the deployment recommendations contained within RTC's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Strategic Master Plan.

D.7

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion, and request for input on the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Update by Bill Thomas, Executive Director of the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC).

D.8

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the recommendation by the interview panel to select CORE West, Inc. (dba CORE Construction) for the Construction Manager-At-Risk (CMAR) for the Reno Fire Department (RFD) Central Station project and approval of the Owner-CMAR Pre-Construction Services Agreement with CORE Construction in the amount of $211,896. (General Capital Project Fund) [Ward 3]

E	Ordinances - Introduction (Other Ordinance, Introduction items may be found under the following agenda sections: Public Hearings, and/or Standard Department Items.)

Ordinances - Adoption

F.1

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption – Bill No. 7264 Case No. LDC23-00020 (White Lake Parkway Master Plan and Zoning Map Amendments) – Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled “Zoning,” rezoning a ±218.69 acre site located south and west of White Lake Parkway in Cold Springs, East of White Lake and U.S. Highway 395 from ±124.32 acres of Single-Family – 3 units per acre (SF-3), ±38.67 acres of Neighborhood Commercial (NC), ±24.99 acres of Parks Greenways and Open Space (PGOS), and ±30.71 acres of Industrial Commercial (IC) to ±218.69 acres of Specific Plan District (SPD); together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 4]

F.2

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption – Bill No. 7265 Case No. LDC24-00033 (Plumb Lane Properties) Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled “Zoning,” rezoning a ±0.88-acre site from Professional Office (PO) and Single-Family Residential 8 units per acre (SF-8) to Mixed-Use Urban (MU). The site is comprised of four parcels located on the south side of East Plumb Lane ±685 feet west of its intersection with Kietzke Lane. The site has a Master Plan land use designation of Urban Mixed-Use (UMU). [Ward 1]

F.3

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption – Bill No. 7266 Case No. LDC24-00036 (525 East Plumb Lane Zone Change) Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled “Zoning,” rezoning a ±0.19 acre site located north of East Plumb Lane, ±180 feet east of its intersection with Wrondel Way, from Professional Office (PO) to General Commercial (GC); together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 3]

F.4

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption - Bill No. 7267 Case No. LDC24-00041 (9590 North Virginia Street Zoning Map Amendment) Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled "Zoning," rezoning a ±2-acre site from Mixed-Use Suburban (MS) to Industrial Commercial (IC). The single parcel is located on the north side of North Virginia Street, ±200 feet east of its intersection with Doubleback Road (9590 North Virginia Street). The site has a Master Plan land use designation of Industrial (I). [Ward 4]

G	City Clerk

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)

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

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Case No. MUP24-00012 (LifeChurch Primary School) – Appeal of the Administrator’s decision to approve a request for a minor conditional use permit to allow for: 1) development of a ±44,351 square foot primary school in the Single-Family Residential 3 units per acre (SF-3) zone; and 2) a primary school adjacent to residentially zoned property. The ±10.2 acre project site is located on the eastern side of Rio Wrangler Parkway ±1,725 feet south of its intersection with Steamboat Parkway. Appeals were filed by Judy Covert, Mary Harger, and the Washoe County School District. The City Council may affirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Administrator. [Ward 2]

Public Comment (This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment.)

J.1

Public Comment

K	Adjournment (For Possible Action)

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