Sparks City Council Meeting 11/25/2013
    Monday, November 25, 2013 2:00 PM
    City Council Ch;ambers, Legislative Building, 745 Fourth Street, Sparks, NV

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

• Invocation Speaker:

  Pastor Linda Anderson Horizon Christian Church

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Comments from the Public
• Approval of the Agenda – Consideration of taking items out of sequence, deleting items and adding items which require action upon a finding that an emergency exists

3. Recommendation to Approve Minutes of

• 3.1 Consideration and possible approval of the minutes of the regular Sparks City Council Meeting for November 12, 2013 (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

4. Announcements, Presentations, Recognition Items and Items of Special Interest

• None

5. Consent Items

• 5.1 Report of Claims and Bills approved for payment and appropriation transfers for the period October 24, 2013 through November 06, 2013. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 5.2 Consideration and possible approval of a Reversion to Acreage Map for Lennar Reno, LLC (Asti Subdivision). (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 5.3 Consideration and possible approval of a Final Map for Como @ D'Andrea. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 5.4 Consideration and possible approval of a Consultant Agreement to HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR)and reimbursement to the City of Reno in the amount of $136,930.05 for Sparks' share for engineering services associated with the Nitrification System Control Valve Replacements and Vault Construction Project at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF). (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

6. General Business

• 6.1 Consideration and possible award of an informal bid to Gerhardt and Berry Construction Inc., in the amount of $56,824.80 for the off-haul and backfill of impacted and solid waste material encountered during excavation activities on the Regional Transportation Commission Southeast Connector, Phase I Project. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 6.2 Consideration and possible authorization to allow the Treatment Plant Manager to enter into an Industrial Waste and Disposal Agreement with Waste Management, in the amount of $35,000, to dispose of impacted and solid waste material encountered during excavation activities on the Regional Transportation Commission Southeast Connector, Phase I Project. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 6.3 Consideration and possible approval of an additional environmental consulting services contract with McGinley & Associates, in the amount of $27,225, to perform remediation coordination of the off-haul and backfill of impacted and solid waste material encountered during excavation activities on the Regional Transportation Commission Southeast Connector, Phase I Project. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 6.4 Presentation, discussion, and possible action directing the City Manager, through the Regional Business License and Permit Program team, in conjunction with the City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe County, and the Washoe County Health District, to engage in vendor contract negotiations and financing; to develop an inter-local agreement; and to research a regional technology fee mechanism. [POSSIBLE ACTION] (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

7. Public Hearing and Action Items Unrelated to Planning and Zoning

• None

8. Planning and Zoning Public Hearings and Action Items

• 8.1 SECOND READING and possible discussion of CA-2-13 - A request for an ordinance amending Title 20 of the Sparks Municipal Code to revise criteria associated with minor deviations (20.07.020) and to add a major deviation, including the process, application requirements and findings to allow, in certain circumstances, deviations up to fifty percent (50%) from a quantitative standard and other matters properly related thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 8.2 Public hearing, consideration of and possible action on Resolution No. 3249, revising fees for development services provided by the City of Sparks and specifically considering fees for Minor Deviation and Major Deviation applications. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

9. Closed Door Sessions

• None

10. Comments

• 10.1 Comments from the Public
• 10.2 Comments from City Council and City Manager

11. Adjournment

• None