City Council

Shelley Berkley, Mayor (At-Large) City Manager Mike Janssen Brian Knudsen, Mayor Pro Tem (Ward 1) City Attorney Jeff Dorocak Victoria Seaman (Ward 2) City Clerk LuAnn D. Holmes Olivia Díaz (Ward 3) Francis Allen-Palenske (Ward 4) Shondra Summers-Armstrong (Ward 5) Nancy E. Brune (Ward 6) City Council Agenda Council Chambers · 495 South Main Street · Phone 702-229-6011 City of Las Vegas Internet Address: www.lasvegasnevada.gov Facilities are provided throughout City Hall for convenience of persons with disabilities. For meetings held in the Council Chambers, sound equipment is available for persons with hearing impairments. Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate persons with disabilities or impairments. If you need an accommodation to attend and participate in this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s office at 702-229-6311 and advise of your need at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Dial 7-1-1 for Relay Nevada. May 7, 2025 9:00 AM A lunch break may be taken at the discretion of the Mayor. Items listed on the agenda may be taken out of the order presented; two or more agenda items for consideration may be combined; and any item on the agenda may be removed or related discussion may be delayed at any time. Backup material for this agenda may be obtained from LuAnn D. Holmes, City Clerk, at the City Clerk’s Office at 495 South Main Street, 2nd Floor or on the City’s webpage at www.lasvegasnevada.gov. The Mayor and City Council welcome your attendance, public comment related to the items on the agenda and citizen participation on items under the jurisdiction of the City Council at this meeting. If you wish to speak, we respectfully ask you to complete and submit a speaker card to the City Clerk. Cards are available online, in the Clerk’s Office or at the front of the Chambers as you enter. These proceedings are being video recorded and can be viewed live on city of Las Vegas TV on COX Cable Channel 2. You can also watch the meeting live online, and access other city content, by visiting lasvegasnevada.gov/connect. The proceedings will be rebroadcast on city of Las Vegas TV the Wednesday of the meeting at 8:00 PM, and also on Friday at 4:00 AM, Saturday at 7:00 PM, Sunday at 7:00 AM and the following Monday at 5:00 PM. Note: Cellular phones are to be turned off during the City Council Meeting. CEREMONIAL MATTERS 1. Call to Order 2. Announcement Regarding: Compliance with Open Meeting Law 3. Invocation - Reverend Carol Simpson, Shekinah Glory Ministries 4. Pledge of Allegiance City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 1 5. Recognition of the Citizen of the Month 6. Recognition of the Obodo Collective BUSINESS ITEMS - 9:30 A.M. SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT 7. Public comment during this portion of the Agenda must be limited to matters on the Agenda for action. If you wish to be heard, come to the podium and give your name for the record. The amount of discussion, as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed, may be limited. BUSINESS ITEMS - 9:30 A.M. Session 8. For Possible Action - Any items from the 9:30 a.m. session that the Council, staff and/or the applicant wish to be stricken, tabled, withdrawn or held in abeyance to a future meeting may be brought forward and acted upon at this time. 9. For possible action to approve the Final Minutes by reference of the April 2, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting CONSENT AGENDA Matters listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and have been recommended for approval by the Submitting Departments. All items on the Consent Agenda may be approved in a single motion. However, if a Council Member so requests, any consent item may be moved to the discussion portion of the agenda and other action, including postponement or denial of the item, may take place. FINANCE - PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS - CONSENT 10. For possible action to approve award of Contract No. 250200-SK, Blanket Services For Material Testing And Special Inspection Services - Department of Public Works - Award recommended to: AZTECH INSPECTIONS & TESTING, LLC (Not-to-Exceed $300,000 - Various Funds) - All Wards 11. For possible action to approve award of Contract No. 250122-SK, Professional Services Contract for Parking Consultant Services - Department of Economic and Urban Development - Parking Division - Award recommended to: WALKER CONSULTANTS, INC. (Not-to-Exceed $133,200 - Municipal Parking Enterprise Fund) - All Wards 12. For possible action to approve award of Modification No. 1 to Contract No. 250134-JG, DPS HVAC Replacement - Maintenance, Culinary and Training/Gym located at 3300 Stewart Avenue - Department of Public Works - Award recommended to: HAVA ENGINEERING (Increase Amount Not-to-Exceed $23,000 - Facilities Capital Projects Fund) - Ward 3 (Diaz) 13. For possible action to approve award of Contract No. 220097-PH-P, Professional Services Contract - Public Attorney - Department One - Las Vegas Municipal Court - Award recommended to: CASPIAN LEGAL SERVICES, LLC (Not-to-Exceed $102,300 Annually/Total Contract Amount Not-to-Exceed $237,150 - General Fund) - All Wards 14. For possible action to approve award of Contract No. 25.MWB154-JG, Doolittle Masterplan Phase 1, Ballfields, located at 805 West Lake Mead Boulevard - Department of Public Works - Award recommended to: KME ARCHITECTS, LLC (Not-to-Exceed $177,236 - Parks and Leisure Activities Capital Projects Fund) - Ward 5 (Summers-Armstrong) 15. For possible action to approve award of Contract No. 250235-TF, Prime Design Services Tenant Improvement for Las Vegas Museum of Art, located at 355 Promenade Place - Department of Public Works - Award recommended to: LGA Architecture ($293,958 - City Parkway V, Inc.) - Ward 5 (Summers-Armstrong) City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 2 FIRE AND RESCUE - CONSENT 16. For possible action to approve and sign the Interlocal Agreements from FFY20 Urban Area Security Initiatives (UASI) grants for the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), which provided funding to secure side- by-side vehicles for regional fire department partner agency responses - All Wards NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES - CONSENT 17. For possible action to approve the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Las Vegas and Clark County for the implementation of the Knox Box Initiative, which enhances emergency response access for seniors and differently-abled residents by providing and installing Knox Boxes in eligible homes using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds - All Wards 18. For possible action to approve the acceptance of an award in the amount of $562,660 from the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, 2025 Fund for a Resilient Nevada, to expand access to comprehensive wrap-around services and case management for program participants at the City of Las Vegas Recuperative Care Center - All Wards OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES - CONSENT 19. For possible action to approve a Franchise Agreement for Ambulance Services between the City of Las Vegas (“City”) and Mercy, Inc. d/b/a American Medical Response (“AMR”) - All Wards PUBLIC WORKS - CONSENT 20. For possible action to approve First Supplemental Interlocal Contract LAS29G23 between the City of Las Vegas (CLV) and the Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) to increase construction funding for the Flamingo - Boulder Highway North, Charleston - Main Street to Maryland Parkway Project ($11,601,950 - Road and Flood Capital Project Fund [CPF]) - Ward 3 (Diaz) 21. For possible action to approve Interlocal Contract 3202 between the City of Las Vegas (CLV) and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) to provide design funding for the Bruce Street, Bonanza Road to Owens Avenue Project ($55,000 - RTC funded through the Road and Flood Capital Project Fund [CPF]) - Wards 3 and 5 (Diaz and Summers-Armstrong) 22. For possible action to approve a Grant of Easement for Nevada Power Company, a Nevada corporation doing business as NV Energy, to provide services to the future pickleball complex at Wayne Bunker Family Park, located at 7351 West Alexander Road - Ward 4 (Allen-Palenske) DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - DISCUSSION 23. Discussion for possible action regarding the reappointment of Eric Preiss to the Audit Oversight Committee RECOMMENDING COMMITTEE REPORT - DISCUSSION BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR ADOPTION AT THIS MEETING 24. Bill No. 2025-5 - For possible action - Amends LVMC Chapter 6.08 to make various changes regarding ambulance franchises, including provisions to update maximum service rates; change the method and calculation of annual increases in service rates and franchisee penalty items; update provisions regarding the revocation and adjustment of franchises for noncompliance; and provide for the extension of ambulance vehicle service life under certain circumstances. Proposed by: Fernando Gray, Chief of Fire and Rescue BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR ADOPTION AT A LATER MEETING There is no public comment on these items and no action will be taken by the Council at this meeting, except those items which may be stricken or tabled. Public testimony takes place at the Recommending Committee Meeting held for that purpose. City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 3 25. Bill No. 2025-3 - Ordinance concerning the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Special Improvement District No. 1485 - Alta Drive (Landscape Maintenance FY2026); providing for the payment of the costs and expenses of maintaining street beautification improvements; assessing the cost of maintenance against the assessable lots, tracts, and parcels of land benefitted by said maintenance. Proposed by: Joey Paskey, Director of Public Works 26. Bill No. 2025-4 - Ordinance concerning the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Special Improvement District No. 1516 - Fremont Street Maintenance District FY2026 (Las Vegas Boulevard to 8th Street); providing for the payment of the costs and expenses of a Neighborhood Improvement Project, assessing the cost of the project against the assessable lots, tracts, and parcels of land benefitted by said improvements. Proposed by: Joey Paskey, Director of Public Works NEW BILLS There is no public comment on these items and no action will be taken by the Council at this meeting, except those items which may be stricken or tabled. Public testimony takes place at the Recommending Committee Meeting held for that purpose. 27. Bill No. 2025-9 - Amends the Town Center Development Standards Manual to provide that the use “Open Air Vending/Transient Sales Lot” is permitted in the Suburban Mixed-Use Land Use District. Sponsored by: Councilwoman Nancy Brune 28. Bill No. 2025-10 - Amends LVMC 19.12.120 to adjust the standards for on-premise signs with off-premise messaging that may be approved in connection with convention facilities. Sponsored by: Mayor Shelley Berkley COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT The items listed below, where appropriate, have been reviewed by the various City departments relative to the requirements for storm drainage and flood control, connection to sanitary sewer, traffic circulation, and Building and Fire regulations. Their comments and/or requirements have been incorporated into the action. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - CONSENT All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and have been recommended “for approval”. All items on the consent agenda may be approved in a single motion. However, if a Council Member so requests, any consent item may be moved to the Discussion portion of the agenda and other action, including postponement or denial of the item, may take place. 29. 25-0114 - APPLICANT/OWNER: SR DECATUR APTS, LLC - For possible action of the following Land Use Entitlement project requests on 5.53 acres on the south side of Smoke Ranch Road, approximately 175 feet east of Decatur Boulevard (APN 139-19-101-002), C-1 (Limited Commercial) Zone, Ward 5 (Summers- Armstrong). Staff recommends APPROVAL on the entire Land Use Entitlement project. 29a. 25-0114-EOT1 - THIRD EXTENSION OF TIME - VARIANCE (VAR-75324) - TO ALLOW A 17-FOOT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY SETBACK WHERE 72 FEET IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED AND TO ALLOW A 76-FOOT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY SETBACK WHERE 155 FEET IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED 29b. 25-0114-EOT2 - THIRD EXTENSION OF TIME - SPECIAL USE PERMIT (SUP-75325) - FOR A PROPOSED 191-UNIT SENIOR CITZEN APARTMENTS USE 29c. 25-0114-EOT3 - THIRD EXTENSION OF TIME - SPECIAL USE PERMIT (SUP-75326) - FOR A 53-FOOT TALL BUILDING WHERE THE AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT LIMITS THE HEIGHT TO 35 FEET 29d. 25-0114-EOT4 - THIRD EXTENSION OF TIME - SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW (SDR-75327) - FOR A PROPOSED 191-UNIT SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT WITH WAIVERS TO ALLOW A ZERO-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE NORTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINES WHERE 15 FEET IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED AND A ZERO-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG A PORTION OF THE EAST PROPERTY LINE WHERE EIGHT FEET IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED; ALSO TO ALLOW A ZERO-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG A PORTION OF THE NORTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINE WHERE EIGHT FEET IS REQUIRED ADJACENT TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - ONE MOTION/ONE VOTE The following are items that may be considered in one motion/one vote. They are considered to be routine non-public and public hearing items with a Planning Commission and/or Staff recommendation of approval. All public hearings and non-public hearings items will be opened at one time. Any person representing an application or a member of the public or a member of the City Council not in agreement with the conditions and all standard conditions for the application recommended by staff, should request to have that item removed from this part of the agenda. 30. 25-0141-RQR1 - REQUIRED REVIEW - PUBLIC HEARING - APPLICANT: OUTFRONT MEDIA - OWNER: WMC PAVILIONS SPE, LLC - For possible action on a Land Use Entitlement project request for a Required Review of an approved Rezoning (Z-0100-97) THAT ALLOWED AN EXISTING 80-FOOT TALL, 14-FOOT BY 48-FOOT OFF-PREMISE SIGN on property bounded by U.S. 95, Interstate 15 and Grand Central Parkway (APN 139-33-511-004), PD (Planned Development) Zone, Ward 5 (Summers-Armstrong). Staff recommends APPROVAL. 31. 25-0145-RQR1 - REQUIRED REVIEW - PUBLIC HEARING - APPLICANT: OUTFRONT MEDIA - OWNER: 300 CHARLESTON APARTMENTS QOZB, LLC - For possible action on a Land Use Entitlement project request for a Required Review of an approved Special Use Permit (U-0008-96) FOR A 40-FOOT TALL, 14- FOOT BY 24-FOOT OFF-PREMISE SIGN at 330 East Charleston Boulevard (APN 162-03-115-001), C-1 (Limited Commercial) Zone, Ward 3 (Diaz). Staff recommends APPROVAL. 32. 25-0147-RQR1 - REQUIRED REVIEW - PUBLIC HEARING - APPLICANT: LAMAR CENTRAL OUTDOOR, LLC - OWNER: FCPT RESTAURANT PROPERTIES, LLC - For possible action on a Land Use Entitlement project request for a Required Review of an approved Special Use Permit (U-0185-89) FOR A 40-FOOT TALL, 14-FOOT BY 48-FOOT OFF-PREMISE SIGN at 1361 South Decatur Boulevard (APN 162-06-211-001), C-1 (Limited Commercial) Zone, Ward 1 (Knudsen). Staff recommends APPROVAL. SET DATE 33. Set date on any appeals filed or required public hearings from the City Planning Commission Meetings and Dangerous Building or Nuisance/Litter Abatements. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION 34. Citizens Participation: Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council. No subject may be acted upon by the City Council unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action. If you wish to be heard, come to the podium and give your name for the record. The amount of discussion on any single subject, as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed, may be limited. COUNCIL EMERGING ISSUES Comments made by Council members during this portion of the agenda must refer solely to proposals for future agenda item topics to be brought before the Council for consideration and action at a later date. Any discussion must be limited to whether or not such proposed items shall be placed on a future agenda and no discussion regarding the substance of any such proposed topic shall occur. No action shall be taken. 35. Discussion regarding potential items for future City Council agendas - All Wards COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNITION 36. Council Member Recognition: Comments made by individual City Council Members during this portion of the agenda will not be acted upon by the City Council unless that subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action. City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 5  *********************** THIS MEETING WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICING STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN NRS 241.020: The City of Las Vegas website – www.lasvegasnevada.gov The Nevada Public Notice website – notice.nv.gov City Hall, 495 South Main Street, 1st Floor City Council May 7, 2025 - Page 6