The following are highlights from the April 8, 2024, Sparks City Council Meeting.
Announcements/ Presentations
Mayor Ed Lawson proclaimed the following:
- The week of April 14-20, 2024, as Public Safety Telecommunications Week to recognize these highly trained employees who are the first contact in an emergency and often make the difference between life and death.
- The month of April 2024 as Landscape Architecture Month to recognize all the ways landscape architects contribute to the community through the creation of inviting and safe places for the public.
- The month of April 2024 as Fair Housing Month in support of the right of all citizens in the City of Sparks to choose where to live without discrimination.
Council approved:
- The appointment of Clyde Takahashi as the performing arts representative to the Sparks Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for a partial term ending November 30, 2024.
- The $363,636.36, with $18,181.82 matching funds, memorandum of understanding between Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and the Sparks Fire Department to apply for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant to support the physical well-being of fire personnel for both entities.
- Direction to the City Manager to apply for the $2,959,841.76 FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant program to hire six firefighters with no required matching funds.
- The $469,500.00 construction contract for the 2024 Street Cut Permanent Patch Project to West Coast Paving Inc.
- A $1,354,007.00 construction contract with Sierra Nevada Construction, Inc. for the 2024 Street Rehabilitation Unit 2 – Phase 1 Kate Smith Neighborhood Project.
- Direction to the City Manager to explore potential options for the vacant building located at 306 10th Street, including but not limited to moving, demolishing, rehabilitating, working with community stakeholders, or exploring other viable options to preserve the property.
- The $300,000 Grant Contract between the City of Sparks and Northern Nevada Community Housing to provide funding for the installation of solar at the Truckee Heights affordable housing complex, located at 2153 Prater Way.
- The $1,049,517 agreement, with Sparks’ share being $329,233.48, between the City of Sparks, City of Reno, and Carollo Engineers, Inc., for engineering services for the Filtration Process Granular Media Filter Improvements Project at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility.
- Acceptance of the $26,567.00 grant from The Nevada Office of the Attorney General Services-Training-Officers-Prosecutors Grant to purchase the Secure Digital Forensic Imaging Camera System.
- Augmenting the FY23 Capital Projects Funds, Enterprise Funds, and Internal Service Fund by $29,401,738 to provide appropriations for capital projects approved but not completed in prior years.
- A resolution in opposition to the United States Postal Service’s proposed changes to the Processing and Distribution Center in Reno, Nevada.
- A resolution governing Assistant, Senior, and Chief Assistant City Attorneys to allow for a catastrophic sick leave bank.
Public Hearing
- Council held a public hearing and approved the adoption of a resolution to amend the Comprehensive Plan land use designation for a 1.4-acre site located at 2351 North D’Andrea Parkway from Open Space to Multi-Family Residential.
Planning and Zoning
- Council held a public hearing and approved a bill to amend a final approved plan for the D’Andrea Planned Development to:
- Update the land use map, associated density calculations, and the adoption of design standards for the development of townhomes in the planned Monticello Village.
- Limit the D’Andrea Community Association’s review timeline for future amendments to the D’Andrea Development Standards Handbook to 30 days.
- Remove the requirement for the Planning Commission to review architectural elevations.
- Modify regulations for traffic control signage within the 816-acre D’Andrea planned development generally located east of Vista Boulevard, south of Los Altos Parkway, and North of Prater Way.
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