Meeting

AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Reno City Council
Wednesday, October 23, 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/Council10-23

You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering this Webinar ID: 856 5443 8620 . 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: 856 5443 8620 , 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.

Social Media: Connect with the City of Reno on Facebook at Facebook.com/cityofreno.

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) – 23 October 2024

A.5

Approval of the Minutes

A.5.1

Reno City Council - Special - 19 September 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 - Dining Room Wine and Beer (New) - Four Seasons, Ken Vong, 555 South Virginia Street, Unit 102-103. [Ward 1]

B.2

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Package Alcohol (Change of Ownership) - Keystone Market, Parminderjit Kaur and Meenakshi Sharma, 975 West 2nd Street. [Ward 1]

B.3

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - On-Premises Wine and Beer (New) - Chrome Coffee Works, Lorenzo Wallace and Joseph Foley, 131 Pine Street. [Ward 3]

B.4

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Sierra Nevada Construction, Inc. for the McAlinden ADA Concrete Replacement Project in an amount not to exceed $223,007. (RCT District 1) [Ward 4]

B.5

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Change Order #1 to the Contract with Spanish Springs Construction Inc. for the Reno Tennis Courts 1, 2, 5, 6, 11 & 12 Rehabilitation (Contract #ARPA-PW-10), extending the contract for an additional 45 working days and increasing the contract by $450,000 for a revised total project cost of $2,056,290. (ARPA Fund) [Ward 1]

B.6

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of an Amendment to the Contract with Nuvoda, LLC for rental of pilot testing equipment and limited technical support for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility Mobile Organic Biofilm Pilot Project for an additional $108,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $379,700 with Reno's share being $260,588.11. (Sewer Fund)

B.7

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of an Amendment to the Agreement with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. to extend Pilot Assistance Services for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility Mobile Organic Biofilm Pilot Project for an additional $42,500 and to extend the contract expiration date, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $239,746 with Reno's share being $164,537.68. (Sewer Fund)

B.8

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of an Amendment to the Agreement with University of Nevada, Reno for Investigation of Mobile Organic Biofilm Process at Pilot Scale and Modeling Simulations for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility Mobile Organic Biofilm Pilot Project for an additional $43,475 and to extend the expiration date, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $193,087 with Reno's share being $132,515.61. (Sewer Fund)

B.9

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with J-U-B Engineers Inc. for construction administration services for the Lower Idlewild Pond Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $220,000. (Parks Capital Maintenance Fund) [Ward 1]

B.10

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Lumos & Associates, Inc. for design services for the Maestro Drive and Summit Ridge Sewer Capacity Project in an amount not to exceed $188,270. (Sewer Fund) [Ward 1, 2]

B.11

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Odyssey Engineering, Inc. for the design services of the Pembroke Flat Fields project in an amount not to exceed $385,200 and reallocation of the remaining $64,800 to cover construction costs for the Idlewild Pond Rehabilitation Project. (ARPA funds) [Ward 3]

B.12

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Opioid Funding allocation, including an agreement with NewRocket for Phase 2 of the Direct Resource Outreach and Placement Service (DROPS) mobile application for unsheltered outreach, in an amount not to exceed $250,000. (Opioid Funds)

B.13

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Authorization to Purchase 188 Bigbelly element single station trash cans for placement in the Business Improvement District joining Massachusetts State Contract FAC113 pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 332.195(1) and the City’s purchasing policy, in an amount not to exceed $298,614. (General Fund Contingency)

B.14

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Award from the State of Nevada to the City of Reno for use by the Department of Information Technology in the amount of $144,854.24 for network routers.

B.15

B.16

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the FY2024 Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding Grant for the City of Reno California Building Historic Rehabilitation and Facility Upgrades Project in the amount of $870,000. [Ward 1]

B.17

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Resolution No. ____ (For Possible Action): Resolution adopting the Truckee Meadows Regional Trails Plan developed by the Truckee Meadows Park Foundation's Trails Coordinator.

B.18

Resolution No. ____ (For Possible Action): Resolution approving Major Fund Designations for Fiscal Year 23/24 required by Governmental Accounting Standards Board for the City of Reno’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).

B.19

Resolution No. ____ (For Possible Action): Resolution establishing regular Reno City Council meeting dates for the period from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; together with other matters properly relating thereto.

B.20

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the allocation of Ward Specific American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to the City of Reno’s Parks and Recreation Department for improvements to the Northwest Park in the amount of $2,057.43. (ARPA Fund) [Reese]

B.21

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the allocation of Ward Specific American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to the City of Reno’s Parks and Recreation Department for the partial cost of a covered bench at Dorothy McAlinden Park, in the amount of $3,880. (ARPA Fund) [Ebert]

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 - Ordinance Introduction (For Possible Action): Bill No. ________ : Case No. LDC24-00031 (Bella Vista Ranch Phase II PUD Amendment) - A request has been made for an amendment to the Bella Vista Ranch Phase II Planned Unit Development (PUD) handbook to: a) reduce the amount of nonresidential from ±178,600 sq. ft. to ±117,612 square feet; b) increase the maximum dwelling units from ±575 units to ±609 units; and c) modify the allowed land uses, design standards, development standards, and street design standards. The ±77.37 acre site is located southeast of the eastern terminus of South Meadows Parkway, north of the northern terminus of Rio Wrangler Parkway and east of Steamboat Creek within the Bella Vista Ranch Phase II PUD zoning district. The site is located within Bella Vista Ranch Phase II PUD zoning district and has a Master Plan land use designation of Special Planning Area (SPA). [Ward 3]

C.2

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Ordinance Introduction – Bill No. ____ (For Possible Action): Case No. LDC24-00063 (Calvary Chapel Zone Change) – Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled “Zoning,” rezoning a ±2.16-acre site located on the east side of Edison Way, ±728 feet south of its intersection with Mill Street, from Industrial Commercial (IC) to Mixed Employment (ME). [Ward 3]

C.3

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Case No. ABN24-00003 (Stevenson Street Abandonment) - Request for the abandonment of the right-of-way totaling ±32,000 square feet of Stevenson Street located between West First Street and West Second Street. The proposed abandonment area is bordered by Mixed-Use Downtown Powning District (MD-PD) zoning with a Master Plan land use designations of Downtown Mixed-Use (DT-MU). [Ward 1]

D	Department Items

Finance

D.1

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Financial update presentation and discussion; Resolution to augment the budget of the City of Reno, Nevada, for FY24/25; and approval of budget revisions for the period of July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024.

D.2

Resolution No. ____(For Possible Action): Resolution pertaining to the issuance of Series 2024 General Obligation (Limited Tax) Capital Improvement Refunding Bonds for the purpose of refinancing the outstanding Series 2013A City of Reno bonds, in order to reduce interest costs and effect other economies; Authorizing the Director of Finance to arrange for the sale of bonds; and providing other matters pertaining thereto.

Fire Department

D.3

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation and discussion on collaborative efforts to improve fire services in the region and potential approval of an interlocal agreement between the City of Reno and the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) for the provision of comprehensive fire protection services at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Public Works

D.4

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of Donation from the Community Health Alliance for construction costs on the Neil Road Facility Remodel and Expansion Project in the amount of $400,000. [Ward 3]

D.5

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to K7 Construction Inc. for the Neil Road Facility Remodel and Expansion Project in an amount not to exceed $4,871,900. (ARPA Fund, Community Health Alliance Donation) [Ward 3]

D.6

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of a long-term lease agreement between the City of Reno and Community Health Alliance for the Neil Road Family Services Center located at 3915 Neil Road, Reno, Nevada. [Ward 3]

D.7

SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTING MATERIALS - Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Professional Asbestos Removal Corporation for the abatement of asbestos containing material in the Reno Police Department building at 455 E. 2nd Street as a part of the Central Station Project in an amount not to exceed $552,227. (Redevelopment Agency #2) [Ward 3]

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

E.1

Ordinance Introduction – Bill No. _____ (For Possible Action): An Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance by the City of Reno, Nevada of its General Obligation (Limited Tax) Capital Improvement Refunding Bonds (Additionally Secured By Pledged Revenues), Series 2024 in the Maximum Aggregate Principal Amount of $26,000,000 for the Purpose of Refunding Certain Outstanding Obligations of the City; and Providing Other Matters Relating Thereto.

F	Ordinances - Adoption

City Clerk

G.1

Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential reappointment/appointment of up to seven individuals to the Urban Forestry Commission from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Megan Dettenmaier, Debe (Deborah) Fennell, Scott Gescheider, Gary Jentink (Reappointment), John Pruyn, and Constance “Connie” Taylor.

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.)

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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