Sparks City Council Meeting 8/11/2014
    Monday, August 11, 2014 2:00 PM
    Council Chambers, Legislative Bldg, 745 4th St., Sparks

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Opening Ceremonies

• 3.1 Invocation Speaker:

  Pastor Barb West Sparks Church of the Nazarene

• 3.2 Pledge of Allegiance

4. Public Comment

5. 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. (For Possible Action)

6. Approval of the Minutes

• 6.1 Consideration and possible approval of the minutes of the regular Sparks City Council Meeting of July 14, 2014 and the special Sparks City Council Meeting of July 10, 2014. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

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

• None

8. Consent Items

• 8.1 Report of Claims and Bills approved for payment and appropriation transfers for the period June 26, 2014 through July 23, 2014. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 8.2 Consideration, review and acceptance of the receipt of grant and/or donation money which is individually under $5,000. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 8.3 Consideration and approval of a contract for the City’s stop loss insurance with Companion Life Insurance Company for the City’s self-funded group medical benefits program for 2014/15. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 8.4 Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of replacement parts for Raw Sewage Pump No. 4 at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility from Nevada Seal and Pump in an amount not to exceed $126,039.00. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 8.5 Consideration and possible award of a professional services contract to Charles Abbott Associates, INC. for Building Permit Plan Review Services, in an amount not to exceed $100,000. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

9. General Business

• 9.1 Consideration and possible acceptance of a traffic safety grant in the amount $36,595 to purchase electronic citation and crash collection equipment. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.2 Consideration and possible approval of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant through the Washoe County School District. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.3 Consideration and possible approval of an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County for the Prater Way and El Rancho Drive Pavement Resurfacing Project in the amount of $51,750. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.4 Consideration and possible award of the 2015 Street Rehabilitation – Unit 1, Bid No. 14/15-003, PWP-WA-2014-258 to Sierra Nevada Construction, in the amount of $637,007 (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.5 Consideration and possible direction to sponsor a master plan amendment, rezone, and code amendment for certain properties within the Transit Oriented Development Corridor generally located northwest of the intersection of E. Prater Way and I Street, Sparks, NV. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.6 Consideration and possible approval to utilize $586,464.64 of approved FY15 CIP budget in 15-1000 City Hall HVAC Upgrades to fund change Order No. 1 for the Alf Sorensen Natatorium Renovation Project and consideration and possible approval of Change Order No. 1 for the Alf Sorensen Natatorium Renovation Project, Bid No. 13/14-015, PWP-WA-2014-098 to Frank Lepori Construction, Inc., in the amount of $586,464.64. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.7 Consideration and possible action on a Business Impact Statement prepared pursuant to NRS 237.090 to address the proposed impact of an amendment to Title 5 of the Sparks Municipal Code entitled Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations by adding a new Chapter 5.80, entitled “Medical Marijuana Establishments,” to provide for the licensing requirements and establishment of fees to operate Medical Marijuana Establishments including testing laboratories, cultivation facilities, production facilities, and dispensaries, which are registered and permitted by the State of Nevada under NRS Chapter 453A, and providing other matters properly related thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.8 FIRST READING. Bill No. 2679, an ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Sparks Municipal Code to provide for the licensing of Medical Marijuana Establishments and other matters properly related thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.9 FIRST READING. CA-5-14, Bill No. 2680, an ordinance amending Chapter 7.16 (Nuisances), including the addition of a “Property Preservation” section, and Chapter 20.35 (Recreational Vehicle Storage) of the Sparks Municipal Code and other matters properly related thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.10 FIRST READING. PCN14016 Bill No. 2681, an ordinance to rezone from A-40 (Agriculture) to NUD (New Urban Development), on a site totaling approximately 43.8 acres located at 6000 Vista Boulevard, Sparks, NV; and other matters properly relating thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 9.11 FIRST READING. PCN14012, Bill No. 2682, an ordinance to change the zoning from R5 (Multiple Family Residential) to PO (Professional Office) on a site approximately 1.6 acres in size located at 2405, 2415, and 2435 Pyramid Way, Sparks, NV, and other matters properly relating thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

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

• 10.1 Consideration and approval of Resolution No. 3261, authorizing an interfund loan to the Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Fund, and/or the Community Development Block Grant Fund, and/or the Sparks Grants & Donations Fund, from the General Fund as needed. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

11. Planning and Zoning Public Hearings and Action Items

• 11.1 Public Hearing, PCN14014, Consideration and possible action on a request for tentative and final approval of an amendment to a planned development handbook (Miramonte) to revise development standards by modifying the front yard setback requirements including reducing the front yard setback from 15 feet to 10 feet from the front property line to any livable space or a side load garage, reducing the setback from the front property line to a garage from 20 feet to 18 feet while maintaining a minimum 20-foot long driveway, allowing porches to encroach 5 feet in to the front yard setback, and increasing the maximum coverage of a lot by structures from 45% to 55% within the SF6 designation and other matters properly relating thereto, on a site totaling approximately 83 acres in size in PD (Planned Development – Miramonte) zoning district located east of Desert Stone Drive and Vista Heights Drive, Sparks, NV. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
• 11.2 SECOND READING. Discussion and possible action on Bill No. 2678, an Ordinance amending Title 20 of the Sparks Municipal Code (Section 20.56 Signs); to change the method for sign calculations; to add regulations governing digital signs; and providing other matters properly related thereto. (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)

12. Closed Door Sessions

• None

13. Comments

• 13.1 Comments from the Public
• 13.2 Comments from City Council and City Manager

14. Adjournment