Reno City Council

AGENDA Regular Meeting Reno City Council Wednesday, March 9, 2022 ● 10:00 AM Reno City Council Chamber, One East First Street, Reno, NV 89501 Hillary Schieve, Mayor Council Members: Ward 1 – Jenny Brekhus Ward 4 – Bonnie Weber Ward 2 – Naomi Duerr Ward 5 – Neoma Jardon Ward 3 – Oscar Delgado 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 – One East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241.020(3) at http://www.reno.gov, and NRS 232.2175 at https://notice.nv.gov/. To obtain further documentation regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (775) 334-2030 or cityclerk@reno.gov. Members of the public may hear, observe and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CML-wFy6T-KPLLaGiYmFbg 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 Publiccomment@reno.gov, (3) leaving a voicemail at (775) 393-4499 or 4) participating via zoom by registering using the link above which will provide the meeting 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. 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 http://www.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 the 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 www.reno.gov/meetings, the City of Reno YouTube channel, and broadcast on Charter Channel 194. Social Media: Follow @cityofreno for real-time updates on Twitter. Connect with the City of Reno on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofreno. Page 1 Agenda Reno City Council March 9, 2022 A Introductory Items A.1 Pledge of Allegiance A.2 Roll Call A.3 Public Comment (This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment.) A.4 Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) - March 9, 2022. A.5 Approval of Minutes A.5.1 Reno City Council - Regular - Feb 9, 2022 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 Approval of Privileged Business Licenses B.1.a New - Alcohol 1. Party America, Kathleen Coombs, 5925 South Virginia Street, Package Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 2] 2. Music N Mimosas, Allan D. Martinez-Torres, 800 West 2nd Street, Dining Room Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 1] 3. The Wolf Den Bar & Grill, Bhupinderjit Singh, 501 Ralston Street, Dining Room Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 5] B.1.b Change of Ownership - Alcohol 1. Mari Chuy's Mexican Kitchen, Jesus Gutierrez, 2001 East Plumb Lane, Dining Room Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 3] 2. La Condesa Eatery, Cesar Perez, 1642 South Wells Avenue, Dining Room Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 3] 3. El Amigo Market, Gabriel Padron, 2490 Wrondel Way, Suite 1, Dining Room Wine and Beer, Packaged Wine and Beer (For Possible Action) [Ward 1] 4. Carmelitas Restaurant and Bar, Jorge Zepeda Martinez, 6148 Mae Anne Avenue, Dining Room Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 5] 5. Red Rock Food Mart, Yogesh Verma, 8790 Red Rock Road, Suite 105, Package Alcohol (For Possible Action) [Ward 4] B.1.c Annual Review of Cabaret License 1. Staff Report (For Possible Action): Annual review of the privileged alcohol license issued to Fusion Lounge LLC, dba Fusion Lounge located at 219 West Second Street. [Ward 5] Page 2 Agenda Reno City Council March 9, 2022 B.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of engagement agreement with Holland & Hart, LLP for legal work related to labor negotiations with the City’s collective bargaining units in an amount not to exceed $100,000. (General Fund) (Sixth-sevenths vote requirement.) B.3 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Lumos & Associates for construction services for the 2022 Humboldt Lander North Sewer and Street Rehabilitation Projects in an amount not to exceed $476,025. (Sewer and Street Fund) [Ward 1] B.4 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of Consultant Agreement with Lumos & Associates for construction services for the 2022 Humboldt Lander South Sewer and Street Rehabilitation Projects in an amount not to exceed $484,175. (Sewer and Street Fund) [Ward 1] B.5 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Approval of the reallocation of Council Travel and Training Funds to the City of Reno Parks Maintenance fund in the Parks and Recreation Department to support and maintain the Virginia Lake Dog Park with new equipment in the amount of $2,638.75. (General Fund) [Brekhus] 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 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Review, discussion and potential approval of request for an affordable housing fee reduction in accordance with Reno Municipal Code Chapter 1.08, consisting of $837,168.75 in sewer connection fees for the Vintage at Washington Station Senior Apartments located on a ±2.24 acre site situated east of Vine Street, west of Washington Street and north of Winter Street. [Ward 1] C.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Review, discussion and potential approval of request for an affordable housing fee reduction in accordance with Reno Municipal Code Chapter 1.08, consisting of $22,316 in building permit fees and $217,800 in sewer connection fees for the Orovada Street Senior Apartments located on a ±1.75 acre site situated on the southeast corner of the Silverada Boulevard/Orovada Street intersection. [Ward 3] Page 3 Agenda Reno City Council March 9, 2022 D Department Items Finance D.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion, potential acceptance and potential direction to staff regarding the Downtown Management Company, LLC, Marketing Plan, Annual Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan for the Ballroom Facility for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2022. Parks and Recreation D.2 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion and potential direction to staff regarding the allocation of $3,000,000 of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds to Parks and Recreation Department projects. Projects may also be supplemented with funding from Residential Construction Tax as needed to address rising construction costs. D.3 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion and potential direction to staff regarding agreements with Avalon Geothermal to drill one and at most two wells on City of Reno property, located at 240 West Moana Lane. In return the City of Reno would receive revenues related to a lease agreement for land use, royalties, and franchise fees, in addition to becoming a customer to use geothermal resources to heat the new Moana Springs Community Aquatics and Fitness Center facilities and associated ordinance changes. [Ward 2] City Manager's Office D.4 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Acceptance of the Downtown Reno Partnership's (DRP) FY 22/23 Downtown Reno Business Improvement District (BID) Operating Plan and Budget, submitted by Alex Stettinski, Executive Director of the Downtown Reno Business Improvement District doing business as the DRP. D.5 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Presentation, discussion and potential direction to staff on the use of State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 allocated to affordable housing projects by Council on January 26, 2022 to Reno Housing Authority projects including Dick Scott Manor and purchase and rehabilitation of the Bonanza Inn. Page 4 Agenda Reno City Council March 9, 2022 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 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Ordinance Adoption - Bill No. 7202 Ordinance to amend Title 5 of the Reno Municipal Code entitled “Privileged Licenses, Permits and Franchises,” by consolidating Chapter 5.21 entitled “Medical Marijuana Establishments,” and Chapter 5.22 entitled “Marijuana Establishments,” into Chapter 5.22 to be entitled “Medical and Adult-use Cannabis Establishments,” with amended provisions allowing for two additional adult-use cannabis retail stores to be licensed; modified language to reflect Nevada Revised Statues and Nevada Cannabis Compliance Regulations; and the removal of unnecessary language to avoid duplicity with state regulation; together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith. G City Clerk G.1 Citizen Appointments to Boards and Commissions G.1.1 Staff Report (For Possible Action): Discussion and potential appointment of up to three individuals to the Financial Advisory Board from the following pool of applicants, listed in alphabetical order: Harris Armstrong, Natalia Cerasoli, Elisa Davis, Chris Guenther, Lindsay Sessions and/or Brian Wadsworth. 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) Page 5