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Present,
let
the
record
reflect
all
my
forum
good
morning,
everybody
for
those
of
you
following
us.
Virtually
thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning.
We're
going
to
take
the
agenda
in
the
order
it
appears.
I
want
to
remind
members
to
please
keep
your
microphones
muted
unless
you
are
speaking
and
to
please
keep
your
cameras
on
at
all
times.
A
For
those
of
you
watching
this,
virtually
especially
those
of
you
who
perhaps
they'd
be
joining
us
for
the
first
time,
know
that
we
all
have
a
unique
setup,
which
is
why
you'll
see
us
looking
in
different
directions.
It's
not
that
we're
not
paying
attention.
A
I
want
to
remind
the
presenters
for
today
to
please
state
your
name
for
the
record
to
help
our
staff
after
each
question.
There's
no
need
to
go
through.
The
chair
feel
comfortable,
going
direct
to
each
member
with
that
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
take
the
presentation
in
the
order,
because
they
appear
and
we'll
start
off
with
our
presentation
from
the
city
of
henderson
good
morning
and
welcome.
D
D
Of
henderson,
I'm
proud
of
the
regional
role
that
we
play
in
this
state,
I'm
honored
to
be
the
first
woman
and
first
mayor
to
be
appointed
to
serve
as
chair
of
the
regional
transportation
commission
of
southern
nevada,
and
I
also
serve
as
chair
of
the
regional
flood
control.
District
henderson
is
proud
to
have
spearheaded
southern
nevada,
strong,
the
first
comprehensive
regional
planning
initiative
in
our
region,
which
has
expanded
regional
planning
and
collaboration
in
southern
nevada.
D
D
Henderson
is
also
nevada's
largest
full-service
city,
providing
police
fire,
water
and
waste
water
services
to
the
families
and
businesses
who
call
henderson
home
I'm
fortunate
to
serve
alongside
a
dynamic
city
council.
That's
committed
to
maintaining
what
has
made
henderson
such
a
special
place
to
live,
learn,
work
and
play
for
the
people
of
all
ages.
From
every
background,
today,
you
will
hear
from
our
city
manager,
richard
derrick,
who
leads
the
city's
team
and
has
been
proudly
serving
henderson,
which
is
his
hometown
since
joining
us
in
1999..
D
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
also
thank
all
of
the
members
of
the
nevada
legislature
for
your
dedication
to
carrying
out
the
duties
of
the
offices
for
which
you've
been
elected,
to
serve
as
a
representative,
a
local
of
local
government.
I
believe
strongly
in
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
the
state
and
recognize
the
importance
of
working
together
to
serve
the
people
that
we
represent.
D
I'm
extremely
proud
of
the
city
of
henderson's
response
to
covet
19..
As
a
city,
we
were
prepared
for
immediate
emergency
response
and
our
community
has
come
together
to
help
friends,
neighbors
and
loved
ones.
We
have
the
lowest
transmission
rate
in
the
valley
due
in
part
to
our
efforts
to
mitigate
the
spread
of
the
virus.
D
While
we
continue
to
prioritize
health
and
safety,
including
robust
participation
in
a
vaccine
distribution
effort,
we're
also
focused
on
the
recovery
of
our
community
and
restoring
the
vital
vitality
of
our
economy.
I
appreciate
your
collaboration
and
look
forward
to
working
together
on
the
challenges
and
opportunities
that
lay
ahead
for
us.
Thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
join
you
today
and
it's
truly
my
pleasure
to
introduce
mr
richard
derek
city
manager
and
ceo
of
the
city
of
henderson.
D
F
F
Experts
from
our
standing
staff
may
be
testifying
before
you
on
various
bills.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
me
or
anyone
on
the
city
of
henderson
team,
please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
us.
Even
during
the
pandemic,
henderson
has
continued
to
experience
sustained
growth
with
our
population
now
exceeding
332
thousand.
F
F
Over
the
years,
henderson
has
grown
into
a
mature,
vibrant
and
sophisticated
city.
Peterson
is
the
place
to
call
home,
and
we
consistently
strive
to
provide
premier
services,
amenities
and
opportunities
for
a
great
quality
of
life.
That
means
investing
in
our
students
to
help
them
become
productive
students
and
a
skilled,
educated
workforce.
F
F
F
We
have
twice
been
honored
with
the
international
outstanding
building
of
the
year
or
toby
award
from
the
building
owners
and
managers
association
for
our
whitney
ranch,
recreation
center
and
our
heritage
park,
senior
center
and
aquatic
center.
This
past
year,
we're
ranked
as
the
second
safest
large
city
in
america
by
both
moneygeek
and
advisor
smith.
F
We
achieved
that
status
thanks
to
our
nationally
accredited
police
and
fire
departments.
Our
police
department
is
created
by
kalia
the
commission
on
accreditation
for
law
enforcement
agencies,
and
our
fire
department
is
one
of
the
nation's
only
triple
accredited
fire
agencies
accredited
for
fire
ambulance
and
emergency
management
services.
F
We
are
also
proud
of
our
american
public
works
association
and
created
public
works
and
utilities
departments.
The
city
of
henderson
has
close
to
200
million
dollars
worth
of
buildings,
roads
and
parks
under
design
and
construction.
This
calendar
year
critical
infrastructure
projects
that
will
help
the
economy
recover
and
create
and
protect
jobs.
F
We
plan
to
seek
funding
to
accelerate
significant
regional
roadway
projects
such
as
proposed
interchanges
on
I-15,
at
via
vila
and
sloan
high
traffic
interchanges
along
I-215
and
green
valley,
parkway
and
pecos,
and
updating
the
I-215
I-515
interchange
that
is
badly
out
of
date.
With
current
traffic
demand,
our
utilities
department
is
working
with
the
southern
nevada
water
authority
on
the
horizon,
lateral
to
bring
additional
infrastructure
to
west
henderson
and
the
western
part
of
the
valley,
and
we
are
pursuing
utilities
expansions
at
nevada
state
college
in
order
to
support
its
growing
student
population.
F
F
Currently,
the
city
has
five
redevelopment
areas.
The
downtown
redevelopment
area
pictured
here
is
a
historical
heart
of
the
city,
where
our
partnership
with
the
knights
organization
on
lifeboat
arena
has
already
paid
off
opening
this
last
november.
At
the
former
site
of
the
henderson
convention
center,
this
arena
has
been
a
catalyst
for
business
investment
and
social
activity
in
the
historic
downtown
district.
F
Additionally,
a
public
private
partnership
in
building
the
henderson
events
center
in
facility,
like
no
other
in
henderson,
this
new,
state-of-the-art
entertainment.
That
venue
will
expand
opportunities
for
henderson
residents
to
work
and
play
featuring
silver
knights,
home
games,
the
henderson
symphony
and
performing
arts
and
community
events
like
graduations.
F
A
number
of
impactful
projects
in
henderson
are
helping
to
diversify
the
economy
of
southern
nevada
as
part
of
the
region's
growing
sports
economy.
Our
city
is
now
home
to
the
henderson
silver
knights.
The
las
vegas
rangers
headquarters
and
another
sports
team
may
soon
be
calling
henderson
home
as
well.
We
are
growing
our
technology
base
with
the
addition
of
companies
like
google
and
vatatec.
F
Additionally,
amazon
opened
a
600
000
square
foot
distribution
center
last
year
and
are
currently
constructing
one
of
their
last
mile
delivery
distribution,
centers
in
west
henderson,
haas
automation,
the
world's
largest
manufacturer
of
machines
that
build
machines
broke
ground
last
year
on
their
2.4
square
foot.
Excuse
me:
2.4
million
square
foot
advanced
manufacturing
center,
which
will
bring
2500
jobs
over
the
next
decade.
F
F
Now,
I'd
like
to
share
how
the
city
has
responded
to
the
pandemic
and
use
the
cares
act.
Funding
when
governor
sissel
act
declared
a
public
emergency
in
mid-march
and
ordered
non-essential
business
to
close,
our
city
was
prepared
for
immediate
response
emergency
response,
but
we
did
not
receive
any
federal
carers
act.
Funding
until
the
end
of
july
that
funding
came
through
clark
county
as
the
city
was
not
eligible
to
receive
direct
assistance
due
to
population
limits
by
the
congress.
F
F
We
hear
every
day
from
families
and
businesses
about
the
struggles
they
have
encountered
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
So
we
worked
hard
to
align
our
carers
funding
to
meet
their
needs.
We
were
also
able
to
excuse
me.
We
were
also
able
to
step
into
recovery
grants
that
are
helping
businesses
recover
payroll
expenses
and
to
keep
their
employees
and
customers
safe.
F
F
We
funded
residence
recovery
grants
to
provide
assistance
to
those
need
those
in
need
and
work
with
hope
link
to
provide
another
one
million
dollars
for
rental
assistance,
and
we
also
set
up
emergency
child
care
for
health
care
workers
and
first
responders
within
12
hours
of
the
initial
shutdown
at
no
cost
to
these
families.
So
they
can
respond
to
the
comic
crisis
and
we've
continued,
providing
critical
child
care
and
expanded.
F
F
We
hope
to
provide
even
more
support
if
congress
approves
additional
covenant
relief
funds
in
the
coming
coming
weeks,
the
city
allocated
the
29.6
billion
in
cares
act.
Funding
we
received
from
clark
county
into
several
key
areas
of
support
for
the
community,
about
10
million
was
used
for
kobe
19
response
staff
time,
including
first
responders
and
other
staff
that
have
been
providing
essential
services
as
part
of
our
pandemic
response.
F
Another
7
million
was
dedicated
to
rental
assistance,
home
utilities
support
child
care
and
connecting
students
to
the
internet,
so
they
could
engage
in
distance
learning.
We
allocated
6
million
to
improve
the
city's
teleworking
infrastructure,
which
enabled
over
half
of
the
state's
employees
to
work
from
home.
F
We
also
invested
in
the
creation
of
a
new
online
process
for
the
submission
of
development
plans,
issuance
of
permits
and
visual
inspections
to
keep
construction
services
going.
We've
expanded
our
meals
on
wheels
program,
doubling
the
number
of
recipients
and
the
number
of
meals
served.
Ensuring
homebound
seniors
in
need
receive
at
least
two
meals
a
day
and
we
provide
almost
3.2
million
in
local
businesses,
including
10
000,
each
for
100
struggling
restaurants
to
help
keep
their
doors
open
and
employees
working
during
this
difficult
time.
F
The
city
continues
to
work
with
the
southern
nevada,
health,
district
and
community
ambulance
to
help
administer
the
vaccine.
To
our
residents
and
first
responders,
according
to
the
state
plan,
we
have
prioritized
the
southern
city,
anthem
area,
where
so
many
of
our
retired
seniors
live
with
a
point
of
distribution
for
ages,
70
plus
and
hope
to
expand
vaccination
operations
to
additional
populations.
F
F
F
F
Intergovernmental
resources,
consisting
mainly
of
consolidated
tax,
c
tax
and
property
tax,
are
by
far
the
largest
of
our
revenue
sources.
Public
safety
remains
over
half
of
our
general
fund
budget,
add-in
parks
and
recreation,
and
73
of
our
general
fund
budget
goes
towards
these
three
areas:
police,
fire
and
parks.
F
F
F
This
graphic
illustrates
the
original
estimates
for
our
2020
and
2021
consolidated
taxes,
and
the
red
bar
shows
the
estimated
36
reduction
in
collections
sales
taxes
have
come
in
a
little
better
than
originally
estimated.
This
past
fall,
but
with
many
of
our
conferences
and
trade
shows
still
cancelled
or
postponed.
F
F
We
had
the
plan
for
up
to
19
million
dollars
to
be
used
from
our
budget
stabilization
fund.
However,
we
tightened
our
belts
made
cuts
where
needed
and
instituted
both
a
salary
and
hiring
freeze.
So
we
are
hopeful
that
we
will
not
need
to
to
actually
transfer
that
full
amount
budgeted
in
talking
with
your
staff.
We
know
that
the
committee
is
interested
to
hear
how
the
city
is
performing
with
federal
grants.
F
F
A
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Sorry.
I
was
trying
to
get
my
screens
to
work
here.
We
do
have
some
members
that
have
some
questions
and,
as
always,
members,
I
ask
that
you
refrain
from
going
into
any
questions
relating
to
any
particular
piece
of
legislation.
I
prefer
that
we
keep
the
conversation
broad
so
with
that
we'll
start
with
our
vice.
G
Chair
thank
you,
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
city
of
henderson
and
mayor
for
your
presentation.
I
really
do
appreciate
it
and
I
know
we
didn't
talk
too
much
about
the
city
of
henderson's
police
department.
G
So
I
wanted
to
focus
on
that
just
for
a
little
bit
and
see
if
you
could
talk
about
what
efforts
the
city
of
henderson
has
made,
and
the
henderson
police
department
have
made
to
focus
on
training
our
cultural
competency
and
anti-racist
and
discrimination
training,
because
I
know
that
the
city
of
henderson
over
the
last
year
has
been
under
fire
quite
a
bit
in
our
media
for
allegations
of
discrimination.
So
I
want
to
know
if
the,
if
the
municipality
has
made
any
decision
to
kind
of
respond
to
that
through
training.
F
For
the
record,
richard
derrick
city
of
henderson,
and
thank
you
for
the
question
vice
chair
torrez,
the
city
of
henderson,
actually
has
gone
through
an
interesting
time,
and
I
we
appreciate
your
your
comments.
You
know
we
went
through
a
police
chief
that
actually
for
us
did
not
fit
our
culture
and
for
we
actually
have
parted
ways
with
that
police
chief.
But
she
brought
in
a
wonderful
deputy
police
chief
who
has
actually
been
promoted
to
police.
F
She
is
african-american,
he
has
a
wealth
of
knowledge
and
experience
in
working
in
a
very
a
climate
that
actually
values
diversity
and
has
actually
implemented
training
for
our
complete
police
force
on
inclusion
and
diversity,
and
we
have
made,
I
believe,
great
strides
in
that
space,
and
so
I
I
feel
like
as
if
the
police
department
is
really
moving
forward
and
ensuring
that
we're
providing
consistency
to
our
community.
F
As
far
as
policing
goes,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
before,
we
have
been
actually
awarded
being
the
second
safest
city,
nationally,
second
safest,
largest
city
nationally,
and
so
our
men
and
women
in
blue
have
done
a
tremendous
job
in
policing
our
community
and
we'll
continue
to
begin.
F
Ensure
consistency
and
training
ensure
consistency
in
the
way
that
we're
dealing
with
our
community
and
I
have
a
complete
and
utmost
confidence
in
our
police
chief
he's
just
a
phenomenal
individual
who
has
a
great
vision
for
our
entire
police
force.
G
Thank
you,
sir,
and,
and
I
thank
you
for
that
response,
and
I
do
appreciate
that
the
city
of
henderson
has
continued
to
have
individuals
of
color
in
leadership
positions,
not
just
in
the
police
department,
but
in
other
areas
as
well,
but
I
I
don't
think
simply
having
an
individual
of
color
is
enough,
so
I
would
definitely
like
to
get
more
information
about
the
trainings
that
are
available,
and
you
know
regard
regarding
the
matter
of
the
former
police
chief.
G
I
I
just
would
urge
the
city
of
henderson
against
using
language
like
she
doesn't
fit
our
culture.
I
think
that
kind
of
perpetuates
the
same
rhetoric
and
the
same
response
that
the
community
has
already
used.
G
Additionally,
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
know
that
the
city
of
henderson
has
continued
to
keep
a
lot
of
the
former
police
chief's
policies
in
practice
since
then,
and
so
I
I
think
it's
just
really
important
to
first
to
evaluate
what
we're
looking
about
and
what
that
culture
is
defined
by,
because
I
I
haven't
seen
anything
that
tells
me
exactly
what
that
what
that
difference
was
considering.
The
current
police
chief
has
kept
several
of
her
former
policies
and
regulations
in
place.
Thank
you.
F
F
Again,
it's
been
a
formalized
process,
so
we'll
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you
as
well,
and
you
know
I
apologize
again
from
maybe
as
far
as
my
terminology,
I
you
know,
as
you
know,
and
there
there's
a
history
behind
our
past
police
chief,
that
we
did
try
to
ensure
success
there
and
we
tried
our
best
through
some
training
and
efforts.
So
we
had
just
we're
not
able
to
get
there.
But
again,
as
I
mentioned
before,
our
new
police
chief
has
some
similar
policies
in
place.
F
He's
made
some
changes
as
well,
but
we,
I
believe
the
department
is
moving
forward
in
in
a
positive
way
and
we'll
be
happy
to
share
that
information
with
you.
B
Thank
you,
chairman
flores,
and
thank
you
for
for
the
presentation.
I
actually
have
two
questions.
One
of
them
is
being
a
new
legislator
and
going
through
all
these
presentations.
It's
been
incredibly
educational,
but
what
I'm
noticing
is
that,
looking
at
budgets,
the
definition
of
public
safety
or
what
areas
within
public
safety
are
considered
are
very
differently.
So
I
was
wondering
if
you
would
please
send
the
committee
a
breakdown
of
the
expenditures
like
what
falls
under
public
safety
when
henderson
considers
public
safety.
That
would
be
very
helpful
to
me
and
others
on
the
committee.
B
Second
question
is:
when
I
first
moved
back
to
back
to
nevada,
I
actually
I
lived
in
henderson,
I
lived
off
of
what
was
then
lake
mead
drive.
So
looking
at
your
plans
for
the
changes
around
water
street
and
knowing
a
lot
of
people
who
live
there
and
work
there,
my
question
for
this
is
about
affordable
housing.
B
Looking
at
all
of
the
the
new
plans
for
that
area
and
knowing
that
there
were
neighborhoods
that
were
built
when
bmi
and
world
war
ii
were
built
and
a
lot
of
people,
those
are
what
they
can
afford
in
your
earlier
statement
about
doubling
meals
for
wheels.
I'm
just
very
curious
and
interested
in
what
your
plan
is
to
keep
affordable
housing
in
henderson.
For
for
the
workers
that
can't
afford,
like
sun
city
summerlin
in
those
areas.
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
deborah
march,
for
the
record
henderson
is
committed
to
ensuring
that
we
have
affordable
housing
for
all
of
our
residents
to
be
able
to
live,
work
and
play
in
our
community
and
and
in
the
area
immediately
around
the
water
street
district.
We
actually
have
been
directed
by
the
federal
government
that
we
can't
build
additional,
affordable
housing
in
that
area,
because
we
have
too
much
affordable
housing
in
that
district.
However,.
D
Two
or
three
projects
that
we're
looking
to
to
develop
in
the
west
henderson
area
to
ensure
that
the
the
properties
are
affordable
for
our
workforce
to
be
able
to
come
into
our
community.
And
there
are
many
other
projects
across
the
city
of
henderson
that
we're
looking
at
affordability
as
well
as
north,
on
the
boulder
highway
and
and
other
areas
throughout
the
city.
So
we
are
committed
to
affordable
housing
and
building
it
where
we
can
and
working
with
the
development
community
to
ensure
that
they're
building
the
product
that
our
residents
need
and
deserve.
B
Thank
you
that's
great
to
hear
and
if
I
may
ask
a
follow-up
on
what
you're
building
in
the
west
henderson
area,
will
that
also
be
close
to
like
a
transportation
hub
or
you
know
accessible
for
folks
that
might
not
have
vehicles
or
need
to
travel
deborah
march
for.
D
D
Obviously,
as
revenues
have
been
down,
transit
has
been
impacted
in
in
southern
nevada,
and
so
as
we
look
to
grow
and
expand
transit
to
new
areas
where
folks
can
get
out
of
their
cars,
that's
an
important
priority
for
us,
especially
in
our
henderson
strong
strategy
and
in
the
southern
nevada,
strong
strategy.
We
want
folks
to
be
able
to
travel
around
the
valley
and
have
options
and
opportunities
that
include
transit.
C
Thank
you,
chair
flores.
Thank
you
mayor.
I
appreciate
your
comments.
My
questions
this
morning
are
relative
to
economic
diversification
and
specifically,
I'm
looking
at
slide
17,
where
you
have
haas
automation
listed
and
so
I'm
curious
to
know.
You
talked
about
workforce
training
with
regard
to
the
haas
automation
piece.
Are
we
specifically
looking
at
workforce
development
training
for
that
industry
alone,
or
will
there
be
a
diversified
effort
to
to
focus
on
workforce
training
and
then
my
second
question
is
the
henderson
hospital
west.
C
D
You
deborah
march
mayor
of
henderson
for
the
record
with
regards
to
haas
automation
they
and
the
workforce
training
that
we're
looking
at
for
the
west
henderson
area.
We
actually
worked
to
recruit
the
haas
facility
into
our
community,
knowing
that
we
needed
to
diversify
our
economy
that,
after
the
the
downturn
in
2009,
we
recognized
that
we
couldn't
be
dependent
upon
the
gaming
community
for
the
revenues
that
we
had
expected
in
the
past
that
we
needed
to
diversify.
D
That
will
be
here
long
after
we're
gone
100
years
from
now,
but
we
when
we
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
haas
automation
folks,
we
recognized
how
critical
they
were
to
diversifying
the
economy,
that
they
build
the
machines
that
build
machines
and
they
export
to
over
60
countries,
and
they
were
a
target
industry
for
us.
So
as
we're
looking
at
workforce
training
for
this
industry,
our
hope
is
that
house
will
trigger
other
opportunities.
D
Other
businesses
that
will
want
to
locate
here,
because
we're
training
this
workforce
and
and
haas
has
taken
a
risk
on
us
because
we
didn't
have
a
trained
workforce,
but
they
are
working
with
us
to
ensure
that
we
are
training
up
a
workforce
and
hopefully
other
industries
that
support
theirs,
as
well
as
other
advanced
manufacturing
opportunities
will
come
to
our
community
as
well,
and
and
this
workforce
training
facility
will
definitely
address
all
of
those
concerns,
so
it
won't
be
just
limited
to
us,
but
haas
will
certainly
be
a
trigger
for
future
opportunities
with
regards
to
the
henderson
hospital,
that
is
a
for-profit
facility.
C
Ellison,
thank
you,
miss
chair
mayor.
It's
good,
seeing
you
again,
it's
been
a
while.
I
I
got
a
couple
questions
for
you
and
god
they
had
some
great
answers
out
there
and
questions.
You
know
about
the
hospitals
and
stuff,
I'm
glad
you're,
looking
at
some
of
the
non-profit
issues,
because
some
of
the
one
the
one
we
have
in
elko
is
for
profit
and
people
are
now
going
out
of
state.
C
So
it
does
have
an
impact
on
the
community.
One
of
the
questions
I've
got.
It
was
an
article
that
came
out
yesterday
or
the
day
before
on
las
vegas,
and
one
of
the
most
break-in
states
around
is
what
I'm
looking
at
is
right.
Now,
it's
you
guys,
won
the
safety
award
for
safe,
a
city
2020
to
2021
and
right
now,
with
the
amount
of
break-ins
because
of
cobit
19.
Are
you
seeing
an
increase
in
crime
in
in
henderson.
H
C
F
The
record
richard
derrick,
ceo
of
the
city
of
henderson,
thank
you
for
the
question.
I
we
are
seeing
in
different
segments.
We
are
seeing
an
increase
in
some
crimes,
especially
some
domestic
violence
crimes.
I
think,
by
a
factor
of
the
pandemic,
with
folks
being
held
down
in
their
homes,
we're
seeing
more
there
and
we
are
seeing
additional
break-ins
as
well,
and
so
those
are
areas
that
our
police
force
are
targeting.
But
again
overall
crime
rate
for
us
is
is
relatively
low.
F
But
the
nice
thing
about
our
police
force
is
they
use
community
policing,
so
they
get
to
know
their
surroundings
and
their
neighborhoods
and
they
also
are
very
data
driven,
and
so
they
were
able
to
target
areas
where
they
see
patterns
of
crime
activity
and
so
they've
been
very
successful
in
actually
being
able
to
counteract
break-ins
that
are
happening
with
cars,
some
vandalism,
and
so
we
have
some
problem-solving
units,
psu
units
that
really
focus
on
those
areas.
And
so
I
think
it's
part
of
the
proactive
response
to
deal
with
the
crime
that's
occurring.
F
But
I
think
it's
a
concern
for
all
of
us
and
and
community
well-being-
and
I
think
part
of
it
is
the
sign
of
the
times
the
pandemic
that
we're
in
there's
just
a
lot
of
added
stress
to
the
community
itself
and
that's
why
we're
trying
so
hard
in
trying
to
provide
assistance
to
businesses,
assistance
to
homeowners
and
trying
to
help
them
to
take
some
stress
out
of
their
lives.
Because
again,
we
just
know
that
they're
we're
feeling
tension
in
the
community
with
the
pandemic.
D
Mayor
deborah
march,
for
the
record-
and
I
think
also
the
the
idea
of
getting
kids
back
into
school-
would
be
very
valuable
in
terms
of
looking
at
some
of
the
crimes
that
we're
experiencing,
because
many
of
them
are
petty
crimes
where
kids
are
breaking
into
cars
at
night,
and
if
those
kids
were
maybe
directed
and
focused
on
the
things
that
they
need
to
be
focusing
on
in
school.
That
might
be
very
valuable
as
well.
C
And-
and
I
thank
you
for
that,
because
that's
what
I
believe
too,
if
you
get
the
kids
off
the
street
and
back
in
school
and
and
have
them
focus
on
the
right
things,
that's
a
great
idea
and
thank
you
and
then
just
for
closing
is
my
daughter
spends
a
lot
of
time
back
and
forth.
She's
a
hockey
addict,
so
she
spends
a
lot
of
time
in
henderson.
So
she
just
wanted
me
to
tell
you
that
she'll
be
back
shortly
as
soon
as
you
open.
So
thank.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
mayor
marsh
and
cruz
out
there
in
henderson.
I
just
wanted
to
say
in
my
time
on
the
city
council
in
mesquite.
We
did
talk
about
setting
up.
You
know
our
financial
situation,
similar
to
what
henderson
does
you
guys
are
always
very
organized
and
diligent
about
being
financially
sound,
which
which
that
was
a
something
that
we
worked
towards
while
we
were
while
I
was
on
the
council
of
mesquite.
C
I
also
want
to
commend
you
because
I
know
that
you
guys
really
take
care
of
your
staff.
There
were
several
staff
members
city
staff
members.
When
I
was
in
mesquite
that
constantly
talked
about
how
great
it
would
be
to
work
in
henderson,
and
so
I
know
that
you
guys
are
the
you're
the
premier
place
for
taking
care
of
your
people
as
well.
So
I
wanted
to
commend
you
on
that
and
also
the
quality
of
life
and
just
the
infrastructure
that
you're
building
in
henderson
are
phenomenal
and
wanted
to
commend
you
on
that
as
well.
C
I
think
I
believe,
if
I'm
correct,
you
guys
were
also
working
on
setting
up
a
a
preschool.
Am
I
correct?
Yes?
So
that's
me,
that's
great
and
then
I
think
from
an
economic
development
standpoint
you
guys
always
go
above
and
beyond,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
proud
to
have
part
of
assembly
district
number
19
v
henderson.
So
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
F
F
Derrick
for
the
record-
and
I
appreciate
your
comments
on
the
preschool
we-
that
was
something
that
we
actually
consciously
married
council
were
really
focused
on
trying
to
enhance
the
pre-kindergarten
pre-k
before
they
get
to
school,
for
some
of
our
kids
in
our
disadvantaged
areas,
and
we
were
able
to
double
the
capacity
in
our
rec
center,
believe
it
or
not,
we're
not
a
obviously
not
running
a
for-profit
preschool
or
it's
in
our
rec
center,
but
and
it
actually
provides
scholarships
for
children
and
so
able
to
get
kids
into
school
in
in
those
critical
ages
before
they
actually
joined
the
k-12,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
council
we're
coming
out
of
our
lane
a
little
bit.
F
I
guess
we're
criticized
a
little
bit
about
you
know:
that's
not
your
typical
thing
that
a
city
would
be
involved
in,
but
it's
just
so
important
for
our
community
to
ensure
that
our
kids
are
ready
for
school,
and
so
I
just
really
appreciate
the
leadership
that
our
americans
have
shown
in
in
in
that
space.
And
so
thank
you
for
those
comments.
C
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
It
is
sounding
that
henderson's
really
doing
really
well.
My
concern
is
with
the
pandemic
and
the
homelessness
has
it.
Has
it
increased
since
we've
had
so
much
job,
loss
and
stuff
like
that,
and
are
you
or
do
you
have
any
projects
or
homes
to
help
the
homeless,
homelessness,
people
or
the
homeless
people?
C
F
Again
richard
derrick
city
henderson,
I
appreciate
the
question.
Hopelessness
in
this
city
does
exist,
contrary
to
sometimes
people
think
that
does
not
occur.
Obviously,
it's
a
value-wide,
very
regional
issue
and
we
have
served
on
the
regional
task
force
looking
at
homelessness
and
have
worked
on
different
strategies.
Region
wide
and
so
a
lot
of
social
services
are
coordinated
through
clark,
county,
and
so
what
we've
tried
to
do
is
reach
those
services
and
bring
them
to
henderson.
So
we
can
try
to
coordinate.
You
know.
F
It
is
a
challenge,
obviously
for
folks
that
may
be
losing
their
homes
and
that's
why
we
appreciate
extension
of
maintaining
folks
in
their
homes
and
not
allowing
them
to
be
evicted,
and
so
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
and
actually
put
our
money.
We
just
got
a
direct
allocation
for
the
federal
government
for
rental
assistance
and
actually
working
with
the
county
on
our
very
regional
approach.
F
C
We
have
a
follow-up,
please
is
with
those
people
that
you
have
do
is
there
may
be
some
place
that
can
provide
wrap-around
services
for
them
to
ensure
that
they
can
continue
or
help
them
get
off
the
streets
and
into
a
home.
D
Deborah
march
for
the
record
mayor
of
henderson,
we
work
closely
with
hope,
link
the
nonprofit
organization,
as
well
as
clark
county,
because
they're
administering
that
nine
million
dollars
that
we
turned
over
to
them
to
be
able
to
help
folks
that
that
are
in
need,
but
closely
in
terms
of
social
services
and
wrap-around
services.
We've
worked
with
with,
hopefully
to
provide
those
services
for
the
city
of
henderson.
A
A
Seeing
none
I
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
for
for
your
presentation.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning.
I
know
that
this
conversation
will
continue
and
I
know
collectively
we
all
want
the
same
things
right.
We
want
to
take
care
of
our
folk
and
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
transparency
and
that
we're
growing
and
we're
helping
each
other
out.
So
thank
you
again
for
the
dialogue
conversation
this
morning
reach
out.
If
I
could
view
assistance
in
any
way
members
and
thank
you
for
those
questions
at
this
time.
H
Good
morning,
chair
floors,
it's
nice
to
see
you
for
the
record,
ed
lawson,
mayor
sparks
and
good
morning
to
the
committee
and
a
special
good
morning
to
our
two
representatives
sitting
on
your
committee,
assemblywoman
anderson
and
dickman.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
service
in
sparks,
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
short
presentation,
a
little
bit
about
sparks
what
some
of
our
challenges
are
and
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
us,
we're
kind
of
a
bedroom
community.
H
If
you
will
to
reno
we're
very
much
family
oriented
when
we
make
decisions
in
the
city
of
spartans,
we
we
come
at
it
with
that
rose-colored
glasses
on.
Is
this
a
good
decision
for
our
people
that
live
with
us
and
raising
families?
So,
let's
start
off
with
our
city
council?
Mr
truth,
I
think
you
have
the
presentation
for
us.
H
Okay
and
with
our
city
council,
so,
as
I
said,
I'm
the
mayor,
ed
lawson,
I've
been
on
the
city
council
for
10
years.
I
was
a
mayor
pro
tem
and
when
ron
smith,
our
previous
mayor,
passed
in
august,
I
became
the
mayor
in
september
sworn
in.
H
We
arranged
an
experience
on
our
council
from
the
mayor
pro
tem
currently,
which
is
charlene
bybee
in
ward
4,
with
six
years
christopher
there,
with
just
over
four
councilman
anderson
two
years
and
councilman
abbott,
is
over
four
and
then
we
have
our
newest
member
diane
vanderwell,
who
took
my
place
in
ward
2..
We
have
a
great
council,
we
work
well
together
and
we
all
seem
to
be
rolling
in
the
same
direction,
which
is
a
good
thing,
because
that
doesn't
always
happen
in
politics.
H
So
here's
our
legislative
team,
myself,
obviously
the
mayor
pro
tem,
advisee
city
manager,
neil
cruz
assistant,
city
manager,
allison,
mccormick
and
then
kemper
crowl's
represented
for
us,
is
michael
hilleby
and
mike
will
be
the
one
that
you
guys
have
most
of
your
questions
on
procedures
and
and
whatnot
he'll
be
your
main
contact,
although
we
are
all
available
at
any
time
next,
so
here's
a
little
bit
about
sparks
a
lot
of
people,
don't
realize
we're
kind
of
a
a
little
bit
bigger
than
small.
H
It's
kind
of
an
easy
way
to
put
it
we've,
apparently
around
100
3,
000
residents
and
our
budget
is
243
million.
Obviously
most
of
that
is
is
dedicated
to
certain
areas.
H
You
can
see
the
majority
of
our
revenue
come
from
property
taxes
and
consolidated
sea
tax,
which
you
know
represents
roughly
about
70
of
our
our
revenues
in
the
city.
H
So
we
have
currently
553
positions,
full-time
positions
in
the
city
of
sparks
on
your
next
slide.
I'm
going
to
show
you
go
ahead,
neil.
We
want
to
compare
this
a
little
bit.
You
know
this
recession
really
hurt
us
badly
in
in
our
growth
and
in
the
way
that
we
do
business
in
the
city
of
spark.
So
you
can
see
our
population
in
2008
was
92
000..
Our
budget
was
around
195
million
in
our
full-time
employees.
That's
full-time
equivalent.
That
means
all
the
lifeguards
before
and
after
school
care.
H
All
the
things
that
we
do
temporary
health
to
parts
and
whatnot
is
was
at
the
844
in
08,
and
we
have
618
now
so
we're
doing
the
same
job
with
more
residents
with
220,
roughly
less
people
to
do
that
work
and
then,
as
you
can
see,
our
property
tax
revenue
has
been
barely
keeping
up
if
at
all,
with
inflation.
H
That's
something
that
we're
hoping
that's
at
some
point.
We
can
have
a
real
discussion
on
fixing
our
property
tax
system.
This
recruits,
so
here's
our
big
challenges,
running
we're
running
out
of
land.
So
talking
with
some
several
developers
in
our
area,
you
know
we're
basically
the
same
way
las
vegas
was
when
I
was
growing
up.
There
were
surrounded
by
blm
land
and
we
really
have
about.
A
I
apologize
to
interrupt
you
we're
just
having
a
very
difficult
time
with
the
sound.
If
I
could
have
you
just
get
a
little
bit
closer
into
to
your
microphone,
see
if
that
would
help
on
our
end,
I'm
scared
for
minute
purposes
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
quite
decipher
some
of
that.
So
I
apologize
for
interrupting.
H
Okay,
thank
you.
So
our
big
challenges
are
running
out
of
land.
Obviously
you
know
surrounded
by
blm,
and
so
our
challenge
for
the
future
is
to
keep
up
with
that
that
growth,
because
in
the
way
our
property
tax
system
works
in
nevada,
we
have
to
continually
be
building
homes
in
order
to
keep
up
with
the
depreciation
part
of
it.
The
other
part
of
it
is
our
regional
waste
water
treatment
facility.
H
Our
facility
is
roughly
70
years
old.
At
this
point,
it
needs
some
major
upgrades,
we're
looking
at
upgrades
now
on
the
low
end
of
about
250
million
to
the
high
end
that
close
to
a
billion
dollars
or
three
quarters
of
a
billion
dollars,
and
so
that's
not
going
to
be
an
easy
undertaking.
H
We
share
this
facility
with
the
city
of
reno
and
spark
in
part
of
watkin
county,
so
this
is
truly
a
regional
facility
where
spark
runs
the
facility,
but
reno
and
marshall
county
paid
fees
to
it
so
and
then
our
uncertain
financial
future
obviously
covet
exposed
some
severe
breaks
in
our
system,
but
luckily
we
we
had
planned
early
on
and
through
since
about
2010
was
to
keep
our
technology
up
to
date
and
we
were
able
to
send
people
home
and
still
not
interrupt
the
services
we
provide
at
the
city
of
park.
H
H
Let's
just
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
do
the
fun
things
in
sparks:
it's
we
have
the
rib
cookoff,
where
we
run
about
500
000
people
through
downtown
sparks
in
a
six
day
period
that
we
also
have
the
hot
august
snipes,
which
is
one
of
the
largest
car
shows
in
america,
with
over
6
500
registrants.
I
sit
on
that
that
board
also
and
the
thing
that
we're
probably
most
proud
of,
is
our
hometown
christmas
parade.
A
A
That's
perfect
and
and
right
now
we're
focused
on
your
on
your
slide
so,
but
I
appreciate
that
it's
just
we're
having
a
really
hard
time
getting
everything
you're
delivering
here.
So
thank
you.
H
Perfect,
so
the
pumpkin
palooza
is
an
event
that
started
with
about
a
thousand
people
this
last
year
we
had
it.
It
was
over
ten
thousand
people
so-
and
this
is
an
event-
that's
about
five
years
old
and
that's
an
extremely
family
oriented
event,
so
we're
pretty
proud
of
the
way
that
that's
come
up
and
then
the
next
slide.
Please.
H
H
Here
in
the
next
couple
of
years,
it's
going
to
be
its
own
vibrant
community,
that
will
you
know,
creating
more
energy
for
the
downtown
area
and
we'll
still
be
able
to
have
our
special
events
and
create
that
the
nugget
has
built
an
amphitheater,
that's
right
in
the
heart
of
victorian
square
and
that
holds
8
500
people,
8
500
people
for
concert,
which
is
awesome,
because
if
you
know
the
way
concerts
work,
they
usually
start
in
san
francisco
or
northern
california
and
they
work
their
way
across
I-80.
H
So
we're
getting
some
very
good
entertainers
that
coming
through
this
area,.
H
And
then
the
sparks
marina
and
our
outlet
that
legends
the
sparks
marina
is
just
a
way
of
background
was
an
old
aggregate
pit
and
in
the
1997
flood,
when
you
know
we
basically
flooded
our
industrial
area
with
around
two
and
a
half
three
feet
of
water.
The
the
aggregate
pit
was
overflowing
was
ready
to
take
out
I-80,
so
we
managed
to
save
that
off,
but
the
idea
came
out
of
it
from
previous
city
councils.
H
You
know
what
let's
turn
this
into
a
park
in
the
marina
has
come
about
and
with
that
we've
had
development
come
around
it
and
in
the
process
right
now,
building
more
and
more
apartments
around
there.
So
it's
quite
a
used
facility,
there's
a
walkway
path
that
goes
all
the
way
around
there's
a
swimming
beach
and
then,
of
course,
plenty
of
bikini
in
a
dog
park
where
you
can
swim
your
dog
in
pretty
pretty
nice
little
area.
H
The
legends
is
an
old
mall
that
was
shuttered
and
just
sat
vacant
forever,
and
we
sold
that
land
off
and
had
the
red
development
come
in
and
they
built
this
with
star
bonds
back
in
the
day.
They're
doing
a
great
job
as
they
continue
to
build
out.
Let's
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please,
and
this
probably
is
the
gem
of
northern
nevada,
probably
in
the
united
states.
This
is
a
golden
eagle
recreation
park.
H
We
have
six
softball
fields
that
generate
roughly
30
million
dollars
in
regional
impact
and
over
50
000
room
nights
come
out
of
just
six
softball
fields.
Now,
there's
a
bunch
of
other
fields.
You
can
see
that
on
the
corner
in
the
right,
that's
a
nighttime
view
and
that
ranges
from
all
the
youth
sports
baseball.
H
But
our
our
big
deal
is
for
the
softball
they're.
The
fields
are
artificial,
turf
and
everybody
loves
to
play
on
them.
So
you
get
a
true
bounce
and
their
injuries
are
very
few
and
minor,
as
as
I
remember,
playing
in
the
old
days,
you
know
paul
hit
a
rock
and
it
could
end
up
anywhere.
H
A
Thank
you
so,
and
I
apologize
for
interrupting
you
there
a
few
times
and
we
were
just
having
a
difficult
time
with
the
sound
but
but
but
I
do
appreciate
the
presentation,
and
I
appreciate
you
walking
us
through
it.
We
have
a
few
folks
that
have
some
questions
we'll
start
off
with
assembly
monalisa.
C
Oh,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
was
checking
just
recently
to
find
out
if
you
guys
are
gonna
go
through
with
hot
august
nights.
I
heard
it
might
be
cancelled.
Is
that
correct.
H
Well,
it's
it's
on
a
day-by-day
basis,
a
lot
of
it's
going
to
have
to
do
with
the
pandemic
and
what
we
can
get
on.
I
know
sitting
on
the
board.
The
board
is
absolutely
wants
to
to
have
the
event.
C
Okay,
yeah,
I
know
it's
it's
kind
up
in
the
air
because
we
we
checked
on
the
air
races
also,
so
it
I
know,
that's
got
a
large
impact
because
you
know
that's
a
great
event.
You
guys
put
on
down
there
so
anyway,
I'm
hoping
this
event
or
this
event
does
go
off.
So
thank
you.
H
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
mayor
lawson
for
the
presentation
I
didn't
see
or
was
wondering
if
it
wasn't
included,
if
you
can
send
to
the
committee
the
the
budget
or
the
report
on
the
the
expenditures
of
the
revenue,
I
see
the
revenue,
but
I
don't
see
you
know
the
breakdown
of
where
it's
spent.
So,
if
that's
possible,
would
you
please
send
that
to
to
the
committee.
H
H
And
you
know
we're
not
as
small
as
we
used
to
be
and-
and
you
know
we're
we're
all
also
facing
our
own
problems
with
affordable
housing
and
growth.
You
know,
since
san
francisco
and
in
the
pandemic
and
the
ability
for
people
to
work
remotely
now
we're
seeing
a
huge
influx
of
california,
roughly
a
little
over
half
of
the
people
that
move
to
our
region
right
now
are
from
california
at
some
place
within
the
proximity
of
the
bay
area.
We
see
that
continuing.
H
G
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation
mayor
and
to
the
other
team.
That's
the
in
the
city
of
sparks,
and
so
my
question
is
regarding
cares
and
the
city's
response
to
covet,
because
there
was
nothing
in
the
presentation
that
really
hit
on
that.
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
allocation
of
the
cares
money,
and
my
understanding
right
now
is
that
the
city
of
sparks
did
get
significantly
less
than
some
of
the
other
cities,
maybe
in
nevada.
G
But
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
allocation
of
that
funds
and
then
talk
about
like
the
city's
response
to
covid
cobid
in
general,.
H
So
well,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we're
probably
most
proud
of
is
a
regional
approach
that
we
we've
opened.
What
we're
calling
the
nevada
cares
campus
using
some
of
that
cobit
money
sparks
put
in
roughly
four
million
dollars
into
the
campus,
the
rest
of
the
region,
reno
and
washoe
county
made
up
the
difference
on
the
other
16
million.
It's
going
to
be
a
place
where
you
will
have
emergency
shelter,
we'll
also
have
the
services,
the
wraparound
services,
so
that
we
can
learn
everything
from
checking
account
to
self-sufficiency,
attaining
housing.
H
H
The
one
thing
that
we've
we've
learned
in
all
of
this.
We
have
a
community
homeless
advisory
board
that
I've
sat
on
since
its
inception
about
three
years
ago
is
around
70
to
80
percent
of
the
people
that
are
homeless
have
some
type
of
underlying
mental
health
issue
and
that's
the
part
we're
not
doing
well
as
well
as
as
a
nation.
Quite
frankly,
we
really
need
to
address
the
mental
health
part.
Drugs
and
alcohol
abuse
come
from
that
mental
health.
H
You
know
obviously
they're
self-medicating
for
some
reason
or
the
other,
and
that's
that's,
you
know
also
a
byproduct
of
it,
but
we
have
something
that
we've
done
in
sparks
is
unique
to
the
area
and
we're
very
very
excited
about
this
program.
We
call
it
our
hope,
team,
that's
the
homeless,
outreach,
proactive
engagement,
team
and
it's
four
officers
and
they
do
nothing
but
contact
homeless
people.
Now
they
don't
arrest
them,
they
don't
harass
them,
they
just
contact
them
and
they
say:
hey.
We
have
services
available.
H
Do
you
want
services
and
they
bring
along
with
them
the
most
team
from
the
washoe
county
and
they're
able
to
connect
people
with
services,
and
it
could
be
something
as
simple
as
my
dog
doesn't
have
shots.
So
I
can't
get
an
apartment:
we've
looked
at
people
to
get
shots
for
their
dog,
or
I
don't
have
an
id,
that's
one
of
the
more
common
ones,
we're
helping
them
get
id's.
H
H
We've
had
this
team
in
existence
now
for
about
nine
ten
months
when
we
put
30
people
so
far
into
some
type
of
services
and
long-term
recovery.
So
we're
pretty
we're
very,
very
proud
of
that.
We
are
bringing
on
the
sheriff's
department
with
us
in
the
july
time
frame
area
and
we're
hoping
the
city
of
reno
comes
on
at
the
same
time,
because
homelessness
is
a
huge
issue
and
it's
not
just
localized
to
any
one
city
or
region.
It's
it's
the
entire
country.
H
We
think
that
our
guilt
for
zero
homeless
initiative
is
going
to
be
a
great
success
in
the
future,
so
that
that
was
what
we're
most
proud
of
and
part
of
that
covenant
money.
As
you
know,
early
on
a
lot
of
our
covered
money
got
used
for
overtime
for
our
officers
and
our
firemen
who
were
exposed
to
the
the
lid
end,
and
we
had
to
quarantine
them
for
two
weeks
and
obviously
we
have
to
pay
them
for
that
because
on
the
job
type
of
deal,
so
we
use
a
lot
of
money
there.
H
And
then
we
also
put
about
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
into
rental
assistance
for
anybody
in
the
city
of
spark.
This
is
just
for
the
city
of
sparks,
and
then
we
put
another
million
dollars
toward
the
businesses
for
their
rental
assistance
and
whatnot
during
that.
That
period
of
time
also,
but
we'll
be
happy
to
send
you
a
breakdown
of
exactly
how
we
spent
every
nickel.
E
Thank
you
and-
and
thank
you
mayor
lawson,
as
you
know,
I'm
a
second
generation
sparks
native,
and
so
I
am
incredibly
proud
of
my
my
my
hometown
that
my
grandparents
came
to
you
from
ireland.
E
So
I've
got
two
questions,
I'm
so
happy
that
you
brought
up
the
hoax
program.
That
was
really
well
done,
because
I
was
going
to
ask
for
some
more
specifics
on
that.
E
But
one
of
the
larger
questions
I
have
has
to
do
with
the
police
force,
and
I
know
that
there
were
some
issues
over
the
summer
and
and
some
other
things
that
had
happened
in
the
past,
and
so
I
was
just
asking
about
some
of
the
the
diversity
trainings
and
how
our
many
different
populations,
because,
as
I
think
we
all
know
sparks,
has
a
very
robust,
latino
community,
a
filipino
community.
It's
it's
many
different
nationalities
that
are
represented,
so
how
is
our
police
force
doing
when
it
comes
to
diversity,
trainings.
H
So,
as
you
know,
the
covid
response
has
taken
its
toll
on
a
lot
of
people
and
it
took
its
toll
on
our
police
chief,
our
police
chief
decided
that
he
had
to
retire
and
he
retired.
In
october
we
have
a
new
police
chief,
now
who's
put,
who
started
to
put
in
some
new
programs.
We
are
doing
diversity,
training
that
will
start
very
shortly.
H
Our
new
police
chief
has
also
talked
about
a
community
advisory
board
to
to
be
advisory
in
nature,
to
the
police
department
and
and
then,
of
course,
our
officer
of
mental
health
is
the
most
important
thing
to
us.
We,
we
lost
sorry,
it's
emotion
for
me.
H
We
lost
one
of
our
policemen
to
suicide
and
it's
hard
for
me
because
my
dad
was
a
cop
in
vegas
for
30
years,
so
it
is
very
close
to
home,
but
we
don't.
We
don't
want
any
more
of
the
suicides
on
our
blocked
offices.
So
we
have.
H
We
have
instituted
a
program
where,
once
a
year,
just
just
like
you
get
a
physical
they'll,
get
a
mental
health
setup.
E
Thank
you
for
for
sharing
that
I
I
know
that
that
was
a
very
difficult
situation
for
for
our
members
of
our
police
force
and
and
also
for
our
community,
but
when
it
comes
to
outreach
to
our
minorities.
How
is
that
going?
I
realized
that
again
we
have
a
brand
new,
a
brand
new
police
chief
and-
and
so
is
you
know,
for
this
advisory
committee
that
is
being
discussed.
H
That
absolutely
is,
is
the
thought
behind.
That
is
that
it
is
a
cross-representation
of
the
entire
community.
It's
it's
going
to
be.
You
know
it's
obviously
there's
many
many
different
models
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
model
for
us
that
that's
going
to
work,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
since
I've
been
on
the
council
for
the
last
10
years,
we've
always
been
community
policing.
H
We
do
that
on
regular
occasions
in
the
summer
time
you
know
we'll
support
the
kids
lemonade,
stand
in
the
old
sea,
show
up
and
buy.
E
H
H
E
Thank
you
and
then
my
other
question,
and
we
can
do
this
offline.
If
you
like
is,
I
think
we
talked
about
this
during
our
conversation
in
january.
Was
it
about
the
housing
costs,
and
you
mentioned
it,
but
when
a
one-bedroom
apartment
is
being
opened
up
in
that
downtown
sparks
area
is
a
thousand
dollars
a
month?
E
H
I
couldn't
tell
you
what
the
exact
number
is,
but
I
know
that
the
newer
apartments
range
anywhere
from
a
thousand
dollars
on
up
to
2500
to
3
000
a
month,
depending
on
on
what
it
is
and
and
how
big
the
apartment
is.
But
our
bigger
problem
is,
you
know
we
we
literally
are
having
people
move
here
with
cash
that
are
able
to
pay
above
the
appraised
prices
for
homes
and
it's
driving
our
home
prices
through
the
roof.
H
Right
now
the
city
of
reno
is
median
house
is
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
city
of
sparks
median
house
is
four
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
I'm
gonna,
I'm
also
to
a
point
myself
where
I'm,
I
might
not
be
able
to
afford
my
own
house
at
this
point.
H
So
city
centers
help
us
in
the
mode
of
transportation,
using
the
public
transportation
and
then
connecting
the
different
areas.
So
if
you
want
a
river
experience,
you
go
to
the
river.
If
you
want
a
downtown
entertainment
experience,
you
go
to
the
victorian
square
ever
area
and
then,
if
you
want
an
experience
with
artists
and
artists,
lofts-
and
you
know,
people
that
are
creative
in
that
nature,
we
have
the
audi
district.
That's
it's
up
and
coming
so
we're
working
hard
on
that
to
diversify
and
to
provide
additional
housing.
A
I
don't
believe
we
have
any
additional
questions,
but
I
wanted
to
give
those
of
you
an
opportunity
that
I
may
have
accidentally
skipped
free
to
unmute
yourself
and
state
your
name
for
the
record.
If
you
have
an
additional
question.
A
It
appears
that
we
do
not
mayor,
thank
you
again
for
for
joining
us
today
and
and
allowing
us
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
sparks.
I
think
a
lot
of
folk
just
don't
know
enough
and
we'll
use
assemblywoman,
dickman
and
some
of
the
assemblywoman
anderson
here,
as
as
a
guy,
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
close
out
the
presentation
by
the
city
of
sparks
and
broadcast
next.
If
we
could
invite
those
wishing
speaking
public
comment
to
do
so
at
this
time.
C
Hello
good
morning,
thanks
to
everyone,
I
appreciate
your
time
and
my
name
is
dora
martinez
and
I
represent
the
nevada
disability
peer
action
coalition
and
to
the
mayor
of
sparks
and
your
staff.
I
love
your
city,
I
used
to
live
there
and
I
moved
to
reno.
C
I
am
totally
blind
and
having
little
kids,
it
was
so
difficult
to
find
transportation
to
go
to
the
stores
that
are
were
far
from
my
house.
So
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
work
on.
You
know
grocery
stores
and
and
and
usable
sidewalks,
because,
as
you
know,
as
being
blind,
you
know
it'll
be
against
the
life.
I
have
a
license
and
drive
a
car,
so
I
use
a
lot
of
my
shiver
legs.
A
lot
of
walk
a
lot
of
walk.
C
I
do
want
to
bring
the
attention
when
you
please,
when
you
do
training
for
officers,
please
include
sensitivity,
training
for
people
with
disability.
We
would
be
happy
to
come.
You
know
and
and
support
you
with
that.
I
think
it
is
important.
Not
you
know
black
lives
matter,
but
everybody's
life
matters
and
everybody's
perspective
and
and
and
understanding
of
one
situation.
C
So
if
you
just
for
the
record,
we
work
through
the
nevada,
assistive
technology
resource
center,
which
is
located
at
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
and
the
quick
phone
number
is
775-682-9070.
Thank
you
so
much
and
take
care
bless.
You.
A
All
thank
you
for
your
remarks,
we'd
like
to
invite
anybody
else
wishing
you
speaking
public
comment.
If
we
could
go
to
the
next
caller.
A
A
Please
make
sure
you
give
yourself
an
opportunity
to
review
those
ahead
of
time,
reach
out
with
any
questions
and
with
that
this
means
adjourned.