Meeting
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AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Reno City Council
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 ● 10:00 AM
Reno City Council Chamber, 1 East First Street, Reno, NV 89501
Hillary Schieve, Mayor
Council Members:
Ward 1 - Kathleen Taylor
Ward 2 - Naomi Duerr
Ward 3 - Miguel Martinez
 
Ward 4 - Meghan Ebert  
    Ward 5 - Devon Reese     
Ward 6 - Brandi Anderson   
 
 
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:

 
You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering this Webinar ID: 841 2235 9074. 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: 841 2235 9074, 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]; or (3) participating via Zoom by registering using the link above which will provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number. 

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  
 
A.4
Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – 26 March 2025
 
A.5
Approval of the Minutes
 
A.5.1
Reno City Council - Special - 6 February 2025 8:00 AM (For Possible Action)
 
A.5.2
Reno City Council - Regular - 12 February 2025 10:00 AM (For Possible Action)
 
A.5.3
Reno City Council - Regular - 26 February 2025 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 -On-Premises Alcohol, Cabaret (New) - Playfield Sports and Games, Joseph Abate, 235 Lake Street. [Ward 1]
 
B.2
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Dining Room Wine And Beer (New) - Tadaima Shabu Shabu, Yumi Patterson, Sean Patterson, 50 South Virginia Street. [Ward 1]
 
B.3
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Dining Room Alcohol, Add-On Cabaret (New) - Toro Bravo, Rene Preciado, Sergio Romero, 50 North Sierra Street, Unit 104. [Ward 1]
 
B.4
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Secondhand Dealer License (New) - Cohegant Resale, Andrew Vieira - Home-Based Business. [Ward 3]
 
B.5
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - On-Premises Wine and Beer, Package Wine and Beer, Cabaret (Change of Ownership) - Local Beer Works, Jake Dennis, 955 South Virginia Street, Unit 120. [Ward 3]
 
B.6
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - On-Premises Alcohol and Restricted Gaming (New) - Dotty's #222, Paula Graziano, Richard Estey, Allyson Estey 5000 Smithridge Drive, Units A11, A15, and A17. [Ward 3]
 
B.7
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Dining Room Alcohol (Change of Description) - Sakana, Nancy Lee, Sue Jung Lee, 7655 Town Square Way, Unit 112. [Ward 5]
 
B.8
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Privileged Business License - Dining Room Alcohol (Change of Ownership) - Lamppost Pizza, Todd Nigro, Mike Nigro, 1141 Steamboat Parkway, Unit 930. [Ward 6]
 
B.9
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Insituform Technologies for the 2025 Sewer Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $1,535,002. (Sewer Fund) [Ward 1, 3]
 
B.10
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Consor Engineers, LLC for engineering support and construction administration and inspection services for the 2025 Sewer Cured In Place Pipe (CIPP) Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $129,250. (Sewer Fund) [Ward 1, 3]
 
B.11
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to CTR Roofing Ltd. for the Reno Event Center Roof Resealing Project in an amount not to exceed $329,065. (Two-thirds majority voting requirement) (Capital Projects Room Surcharge Fund) [Ward 1]
 
B.12
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval to purchase materials from Garland/DBS Inc. for the Reno Event Center Roof Resealing project in the amount not to exceed $814,417.19 using the joinder provision in NRS 332.195. (Two-thirds majority voting requirement) (Capital Projects Room Surcharge Fund) [Ward 1]
 
B.13
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Sierra Nevada Construction, Inc. for the 2025 California Avenue and River Run Parkway Street Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $3,975,007. (Street Fund, Sewer Fund) [Ward 2]
 
B.14
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Award of Contract to Sierra Nevada Construction, Inc. for the 2025 Reno Preventative Maintenance Project in an amount not to exceed $3,284,115. (Street Fund) [Ward 1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
 
B.15
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consulting Agreement with Lumos & Associates for construction services for the 2025 Reno Preventative Maintenance Project in an amount not to exceed $215,885. (Street Fund) [Ward 1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
 
B.16
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consulting Agreement for evaluation and pre-design services with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility Backup Power Systems Project in the amount of $235,954 with Reno's share being $161,935.23. (Sewer Fund)
 
B.17
Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consulting Agreement for engineering and design services for the Truckee River Bank Stabilization Project along the south bank of the Truckee River between Booth Street and Keystone Avenue with JUB Engineering Inc. in the amount not to exceed $288,500. (Sewer Fund) [Ward 2]
 
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 -  Ordinance Introduction – Bill No. ____ (For Possible Action): Case No. LDC25-00033 (NDI Office Rezoning) – Ordinance to amend Title 18, Chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code, entitled “Zoning,” rezoning a ±0.99 acre site located on the north side of Vassar Street, ±430 feet east of its intersection with Harvard Way, from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to General Commercial (GC); together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. [Ward 3]
 
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
 
F.1
 Ordinance Adoption Bill No. 7295 (For Possible Action): An Ordinance amending the Reno Municipal Code Title 12, “Public Works and Utilities,”  Chapter 12.16 “Sewer Service,” article II, section 12.16.155, titled “Sewer Connection Fee Credit Policy,”  to delete the expiration  date for connection fee credits, amending Section 12.16.420 titled “Sewer User Fees When Vacant, Fire Damaged, or Demolished” and amending Section 12.16.430 titled “Termination of Charges”  to remove the provisions regarding demolished properties, together with other matters properly relating thereto. 
 
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.)
 
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)