Recreation and Parks Commission Meeting
Regular MeetingReno, NV · November 14, 2023
Agenda
Recreation and Parks Commission Meeting
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – 6:00pm
McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Boardroom
925 Riverside Drive, Reno NV 89503
MEMBERS
Karla Werninghaus, Acting Chair
Michael Ginsburg, Acting Vice Chair Council Liaison: Miguel Martinez
Craig Bronzan Staff Liaison: Nathan Ullyot
Emily Lande
Mac Rossi David Pritchett, Chair Posthumously
Jerry Wager
Public Notice
This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241 (notice of meetings) at Reno City Hall – 1
East First Street. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241 at
http://www.reno.gov, and NRS 232 at https://notice.nv.gov/. To obtain further documentation regarding posting,
please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (775) 334-2030 orcityclerk@reno.gov.
Members of the Board/Commission/Committee may participate in this meeting using the zoom video conference
platform.
Members of the public may participate in the meeting in person or by registering through the below link which will
provide the meeting ID number and call-in phone number.
https://links.reno.gov/40wXEfR
In Person: McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Boardroom, 925 Riverside Drive, Reno
Accommodations
Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate individuals with disabilities attending the meeting.
Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (775) 334-2030 at least 48 hours in advance so that arrangements can be
made.
Supporting Materials
Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available by contacting Staff Liaison Leslie Smith at (775)
334-4282, smithl@reno.gov and on the City’s website at Reno.Gov. Pursuant to NRS 241, supporting material is
made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the public body.
Order of Business
The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure at the
meeting. Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. The public body may combine two or more agenda items
for consideration; remove an item from the agenda; or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any
time. See, NRS 241. 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
In-Person
A person wishing to address the public body shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to the presiding officer. Public
comment, whether on items listed on the agenda or general 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 an agenda as an item on
which action may be taken. The presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of comments is a topic that is
not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, 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. Any person making willfully disruptive remarks while addressing the
public body or while attending the meeting may be removed from the room by the presiding officer, See, NRS 241
and the person may be barred from further audience before the public body during that session. See, Nevada
Attorney General Opinion No. 00-047 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual, § 8.05.
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 the public body or meeting
participants.
Virtual Public Comment
No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment until the matter is included on a
subsequent agenda as an action item.
Pursuant to NRS 241, those wishing to submit public comment may do so through the online public comment form
found at Reno.Gov/PublicComment, by sending an email tocityclerk@reno.gov, by leaving a voicemail at775-334-
2030, or at the meeting during virtual public comment. Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person.
Comments received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to the
Recreation and Parks Commission for review, and entered into the record. Comments received after 4:00 p.m. on
the day preceding the meeting will be provided to the Recreation and Parks Commission for review prior to
adjournment, and entered into the record.
A. Introductory Items
A.1 Call To Order/Roll Call
A.2 Public Comment– This item is for either public commenton any action item or for any
general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each
commentator.
A.3 Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action)– November14, 2023
A.4 Approval of the Minutes (For Possible Action)– September19, 2023
A.5 Council Liaison Report –Item for general announcementsand informational items only.
No action may be taken on this item.
A.6 Staff Liaison Report –Item for general announcementsand informational items only.
No action may be taken on this item.
B. Business Items
B.1 Ratification of changes to the Recreation and Parks Commission By-Laws language
to revise Section 1 to read as follows:
“Regular meetings of the Commission shall occur once a month, no fewer than nine
times a year, and shall comply with the Open Meeting Law.Should there be a
situation in which there are no pertinent agenda topics, the Director shall have the
authority to cancel the meeting, which may supersede the requirement of nine
meetings per year.”(For Possible Action) – NathanUllyot, Director
B.2 Discussion and potential reappointment and/orappointment to the Recreation and
Parks Commission Chair and Vice Chair positions for 2024 from the following pool
of RPC Commissioners, listed in alphabetical order: Craig Bronzan, Michael
Ginsburg, Emily Lande, Mac Rossi, Jerry Wager, and Karla Werninghaus (For
Possible Action) – Nathan Ullyot, Director
B.3 Adopt Recreation and Parks Commission Meeting Calendar for 2024 (For Possible
Action) – Nathan Ullyot, Director
B.4 Presentation, discussion and possible approval of bocce ball courts to be located
at Crissie Caughlin Park (For Possible Action) – Nathan Ullyot, Director
B.5 Presentation, discussion and update on the RegionalTrails Plan (For Information
Only) –Jay Howard, Trails Coordinator, Truckee MeadowsPark Foundation.
B.6 Presentation and discussion on projects undertaken by Keep Truckee River
Beautiful to educate and work with the public on matters such as waste reduction
(For Information Only) – Matt Webber, Volunteer Cleanup Coordinator, Keep Truckee
River Beautiful.
B.7 Presentation, discussion and possible recommendation of mowing plan for 2024
and thereafter (For Possible Action) – Matt Brezina, Parks Maintenance Manager
C. Recreation and Parks Commission Member Reports and Announcements- Limited to
items that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda.No action may be taken on this item.
D. Future Agenda Items- Discussion of items for futureagendas. No action may be taken on
this item.
● Park Maintenance rotation
● Mowing Plan for Spring of 2024
● In-depth discussion and presentation related to the potential of Pembroke Drive and Mill
Street being developed into a flat field complex
● Update on security in the parks and the law regarding camping in the parks.
E. Public Comment- This item is for either public commenton any action item or for any
general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each commentator.
F. Adjournment(For Possible Action)