COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Chair,
Kitty Jung, District 3
Vice-Chair,
Bob Lucey, District 2
Marsha
Berkbigler, District 1
Vaughn
Hartung, District 4
Jeanne
Herman, District 5
COUNTY MANAGER
John
Slaughter
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Paul
Lipparelli
COUNTY CLERK
Nancy
Parent
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
WASHOE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSION CHAMBERS - 1001 E. 9th
Street, Reno, Nevada
August 23, 2016
10:00 a.m.
NOTE: Items
on the agenda may be taken out of order; combined with other items; removed
from the agenda; moved to the agenda of another meeting; moved to or from the
Consent section; or may be voted on in a block.
Items with a specific time designation will not be heard prior to the
stated time, but may be heard later.
Items listed in the Consent section of the agenda are voted on as a
block and will not be read or considered separately unless removed from the
Consent section. The Board of County
Commissioners may take breaks approximately every 90 minutes.
Accessibility. The Washoe
County Commission Chambers are accessible to the disabled. If you require special arrangements for the
meeting, call the Office of the County Manager, (775) 328-2000, 24-hours prior
to the meeting.
Public Transportation. Public
transportation is available to this meeting site: RTC Routes 2, 2S, 5 and 15 serve this
location. For eligible RTC ACCESS
reservations call (775) 348-5438.
Time Limits. Public comments are welcomed during the Public Comment periods for all matters,
whether listed on the agenda or not, and are limited to three minutes per
person. Additionally, public comment of
three minutes per person will be heard during individually numbered items on
the agenda. Persons are invited to
submit comments in writing on the agenda items and/or attend and make comment
on that item at the Commission meeting.
Persons may not allocate unused time to other speakers. To preserve time and increase efficiency representatives
of recognized groups may be given more than 3 minutes as determined by the
presiding officer.
Forum Restrictions and Orderly Conduct of Business. The Board of
County Commissioners conducts the business of Washoe County and its citizens
during its meetings. The presiding
officer may order the removal of any person whose statement or other conduct
disrupts the orderly, efficient or safe conduct of the meeting. Warnings against disruptive conduct may or
may not be given prior to removal. The viewpoint
of a speaker will not be restricted, but reasonable restrictions may be imposed
upon the time, place and manner of speech.
Irrelevant and unduly repetitious statements and personal attacks which
antagonize or incite others are examples of speech that may be reasonably
limited.
Responses to Public Comments. The County Commission
can deliberate or take action only if a matter has been listed on an agenda
properly posted prior to the meeting.
During the public comment period, speakers may address matters listed or
not listed on the published agenda. The
Open Meeting Law does not expressly prohibit responses to public comments by
the Commission. However, responses from
Commissioners to unlisted public comment topics could become deliberation on a
matter without notice to the public. On
the advice of legal counsel and to ensure the public has notice of all matters
the Commission will consider, Commissioners may choose not to respond to public
comments, except to correct factual inaccuracies, ask for County staff action
or to ask that a matter be listed on a future agenda. The Commission may do this either during the
public comment item or during the following item: “*Commissioners’/Manager’s Announcements,
Requests for Information, Topics for Future Agendas and Statements Relating to Items
Not on the Agenda”.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the Agenda for the Commission
Meeting has been posted at the following locations: Washoe County Administration Building (1001
E. 9th Street, Bldg. A); Washoe County Courthouse - Second Judicial District Court
(75 Court Street); Washoe County - Reno Downtown Library (301 South Center
Street); Sparks Justice Court (1675 East Prater Way); www.washoecounty.us/bcc/board_committees/ and https://notice.nv.gov.
Support documentation for the
items on the agenda, provided to the Washoe County Board of Commissioners is
available to members of the public at the County Manager’s Office (1001 E. 9th
Street, Bldg. A, 2nd Floor, Reno, Nevada) Joanne Watson, Agenda
Coordinator, (775) 328-2000 and on Washoe County’s website www.washoecounty.us/bcc/board_committees/
All items numbered or lettered
below are hereby designated for possible
action as if the words “for possible action” were written next to each item
(NRS 241.020). An item listed with
asterisk (*) next to it is an item for which no action will be taken.
10:00 a.m. *1. Salute
to the flag.
*2. Roll call.
*3. Public Comment. Comment heard under this item will be limited
to three minutes per person and may pertain to matters on and off the both
Commission agenda. The Commission will
also hear public comment during individual action items, with comment limited
to three minutes per person. Comments
are to be made to the Commission as a whole.
*4. Commissioners’/County
Manager’s announcements, reports and updates, requests for information or
topics for future agendas. (No
discussion among Commissioners will take place on this item.)
Consent
5.A. Approve
to retroactively acknowledge a Specialty Court General Fund Allocation from the
Judicial Council of the State of Nevada to the Sparks Justice Court [$45,050
for FY17, no match required], paid in quarterly installments retroactive to
July 2016, grant end date June 30, 2017; and direct the Comptroller to make the
appropriate budget adjustments. Sparks Justice Court. (Commission
Districts 3, 4 & 5.)
5.B. The 911 Emergency Response Advisory Committee
recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the expenditure to
replace the three (3) Harris Dailey-Wells Symphony Dispatch Radio Consoles
currently in use at the Sparks Police Department Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP) dispatch center at a cost not to exceed [$127,315.05]. Technology Services. (All Commission Districts.)
5.C. Approve amendments totaling an increase of [$1,196.30] in both
revenue and expense to the FY17 Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program IO
11176; and if approved, direct the Comptroller’s office to make the appropriate
budget amendments. Health. (All Commission Districts.)
5.D. Approve the Interlocal Agreement for
Maintenance and Operations of the Nevada SR-28 Shared Use Path and Associated
Parking Facilities between the State of Nevada, acting by and through its
Department of Transportation and Washoe County.
Community Services. (Commission District 1.)
5.E. Approve roll change requests, pursuant to NRS 361.765 and/or NRS
361.768, for errors discovered for the 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 secured
tax roll and authorize Chair to execute the changes described in Exhibit A and
direct the Washoe County Treasurer to correct the error(s). [cumulative
amount of decrease to all taxing entities $1,927.95]. Assessor. (Parcels are in Commission Districts 2 &
3.)
5.F. Approve a 32-day extension of existing Collective Bargaining
Agreements beyond the current August 29, 2016 expiration date to September 30,
2016 as it affects NRS 288. Human Resources. (All Commission Districts.)
5.G. Acknowledge and approve assignment of the correct Ordinance
Number of 1584 for Bill No. 1768, adopted on August 9, 2016 amending Washoe
County Code Chapter 110 (Development Code) to clarify when an accessory
structure or use may be constructed on a parcel without an existing main
structure or an existing principal use. The amendment focuses on circumstances
where the subject parcel is adjacent to a parcel with an existing main
structure or principal use and when both parcels are under the same
ownership. Clerk. (All Commission Districts.)
5.H. Approve expenditures for the August 25, 2016 Employee Family
Picnic in an amount [not to exceed $10,000.00].
Manager.
(All Commission Districts.)
District
Attorney
5.I.1. Approve to accept a Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) grant to the
District Attorney’s Office in the amount of [$50,000, $12,500 required match],
from the State Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) to provide
counseling services at the Washoe County Child Advocacy Center and supplies
related to the program; retroactive from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.
Direct the Comptroller to make the necessary budget amendments. (All commission Districts.)
5.I.2. Approve to accept a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant to
the District Attorney’s Office in the amount of[ $30,000, $10,000 required
match], from the Nevada Office of Attorney General (AG) to provide counseling
services at the Washoe County Child Advocacy Center; retroactive from July 1,
2016 through June 30, 2017. Direct the Comptroller to make the necessary budget
amendments. (All commission Districts.)
Sheriff
5.J.1. Approve to acknowledge Receipt of Status Report of Commissary
Fund submitted by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Commissary Committee for
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 15/16. (All Commission Districts.)
5.J.2. Approve the Interlocal Agreement
Extraditions between County of Washoe on behalf of the Washoe County Sheriff’s
Office and the City of Sparks on behalf of the Sparks Police Department in an
amount not to exceed [$30,000] to be paid to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office
Consolidated Extraditions Unit for the processing of extraditions and
transportation of prisoners for the Sparks Police Department, for the period of
the date of execution to June 30, 2017. (All Commission Districts.)
Social
Services
Treasurer
5.L.1. Recommendation to establish one additional, two hundred dollar
[$200.00] change fund, bringing the total of funds assigned six hundred dollars
[$600.00], to enable Washoe County Alternative Sentencing to accept cash
payments for the Sober 24 program drug and alcohol testing at 1530 E. 6th
Street, Reno; and if approved, authorize the Chairman to execute Resolution for
same. No fiscal impact. (All Commission Districts.)
5.L.2. Approve an Interlocal Depository
Agreement between Washoe County and the Nevada State Treasurer for the
investment of funds in the Local Government Pooled Investment Fund [no fiscal
impact]; and if approved, authorize Chairman to execute and Washoe County
Treasurer to serve as administrator of Agreement. (All Commission Districts.)
End of Consent Items
6. Appearance: Carina A. Black, Ph.D..
Executive Director
Northern Nevada International Center
Presentation and update on the Northern
Nevada International Center’s Refugee program.
7. Recommendation to approve
the Agreement for Consulting Engineering Services between Washoe County and CDM
Smith, 111 Academy Way, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92617, for the “Phase 3 Packed
Tower Aerators Equipment Analysis Process Optimization and O&M Manuals
Update” Project in the amount of[$154,999]. Community
Services. (Commission
District 3.)
8. Recommendation
to award a bid and approve the Agreement to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidder for the Longley Stressed Membrane Structure Project, [staff recommends
Bison Construction, in the amount of $498,900.00]. Community Services. (Commission District 2.)
9. Recommendation
to award a bid and approve the Agreement to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidder for the Utility Operations Maintenance Building Grading, Foundation and
Improvements Package Project, [staff recommends Reyman
Brothers Construction, in the amount of $409,000]. Community Services. (Commission District 2.)
10. Recommendation to approve conditional Water
Right Application 86233 to the Nevada State Engineer, proposing to export 7000
acre-feet of ground water from Mud Meadows hydrographic basin in northern
Pershing County to Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties
for use at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Park, with the State Engineer approval to
be conditioned upon review of more current hydro-geologic analysis of estimated
available perennial yield within this basin.
Community Services. (Commission District 4.)
11. Recommendation to accept a grant in the
amount of [$250,000 no County match], from the Fund to Assist Former Foster
Youth (FAFFY), the State Independent Living Grant from the State Division of
Child and Family Services (DCFS) to assist youth in making the transition from
foster care to economic self-sufficiency, retroactively to July 1, 2016 through
June 30, 2017 as the award was received and processed in June 2016, and if
accepted, authorize the Department of Social Services to expend the grant
revenue and direct the Comptroller’s Office to make the appropriate budget
adjustments. Social
Services. (All
Commission Districts.)
12. Recommendation to request the Board of
County Commissioners to acknowledge the Professional Services Agreement for
behavioral health and case management services for Adult Drug Court between the
Second Judicial District Court and Bristlecone Family Resources,[in the amount
of $445,732], retroactive from the period August 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. District Court. (All Commission Districts.)
13. Recommendation to accept a Sub-grant Award
from the State of Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in the
amount of [$206,835.00] (no County match required) from October 1, 2016 through
September 30, 2017, to assist the Department of Social Services with the
Adoption Incentive program. Authorize
the Department to execute the Sub-Grant Award and direct the Comptroller’s
Office to make the necessary budget amendments.
Social Services.
(All Commission Districts.)
14. Recommendation to appoint three of nine
individuals to fill three vacancies on the Washoe County Advisory Board to
Manage Wildlife with terms effective August 23, 2016 through June 30, 2019. Manager. (All Commission Districts.)
15. Update, discussion and possible direction to staff regarding
2017 Nevada Legislative Interim Committees and Studies, legislation or
legislative issues proposed by legislators, by Washoe County or by other
entities permitted by the Nevada State Legislature to submit bill draft
requests, or such legislative issues as may be deemed by the Chair or the Board
to be of critical significance to Washoe County. Manager. (All Commission Districts.)
16. Update
and possible direction to staff on the Washoe County Economic Development and
Conservation Act. (Washoe
County Federal Lands Bill). Manager. (All Commission Districts.)
Public Hearings.
(Note: Due to public testimony
and discussion, time expended on the item in this category can vary.)
17. Hearing, discussion,
and possible action on Appeal Case Number AX16-004, appealing the denial by the
Washoe County Board of Adjustment of Variance Case Number VA16-003 (Fleming
Front Yard Setback Reduction) which sought a variance pursuant to Article 804
of the Washoe County Development Code to allow the reduction in the front yard
setback from 15 feet to approximately 10 feet and 13/16 inches, to facilitate
the expansion of the existing dwelling. The Board of County Commissioners may
take action to confirm the Board of Adjustment's denial; or reverse the Board
of Adjustment's denial and issue the Variance with Conditions of Approval. The Applicant’s representative is Elise Fett
and Associates Attn: Julie Rinaldo PO Box 5989
Incline Village, NV 89450. The property
owners are Thomas and Susan Fleming. The
property’s location is 715 Cristina Drive, approximately 750 feet southeast of
its intersection with Eagle Drive, in Incline Village NV (APN 126-251-06).
Parcel Size is ± .363 acres with a Master Plan Category of Suburban Residential
(SR) and a Regulatory Zone of Medium Density Suburban (MDS). The property is in the Tahoe Area Plan of the
Washoe County Master Plan. Community Services. (Commission District 1.)
18. Second reading and
adoption of an ordinance amending Washoe County Code Chapter 55 by adding
provisions creating the Animal Services Advisory Board; specifying the board’s
purpose and duties; and specifying the composition of the board, appointment of
members, terms of service, officers, meetings, compensation and removal, and
other matters properly relating thereto. (Bill No. 1769). Animal
Services. (All Commission Districts).
Public
Hearing. (Note:
Due to public testimony and discussion, time expended on the item in
this category can vary. The following
item will be heard no earlier than the time noted.)
4:00 p.m. 19. Hearing, discussion, and possible action to determine whether
there is just cause to remove Thomas G. Daly from the Washoe County Planning
Commission pursuant to NRS 278.040 and Washoe County Development Code section
110.912.05(f) for Mr. Daly’s actions involving Colina
Rosa subdivision in April and May of 2016.
The determination of just cause will be based on alleged violations of
Washoe County Planning Commission Rule 1.04 and Due Process. If just cause is found, the County Commission
may take possible action to remove Thomas G. Daly from the Washoe County
Planning Commission.
20. Possible Closed Session
for the purpose of discussing labor negotiations with Washoe County and Truckee
Meadows Fire Protection District per NRS 288.220.
*21. Public
Comment. Comment heard under this
item will be limited to three minutes per person and may pertain to matters
both on and off the Commission agenda.
The Commission will also hear public comment during individual action
items, with comment limited to three minutes per person. Comments are to be
made to the Commission as a whole.
*22. Commissioners’/County
Manager’s announcements, reports and updates, requests for information or
topics for future agendas. (No
discussion among Commissioners will take place on this item.)
Adjournment.
Various
boards/commissions the Washoe County Commissioners may be a member of or
liaison to:
Chair
Jung
Community
Assistance Center Transitional Governing Board
District
Board of Health
Internal
Audit Committee
Investment
Committee
Medical
Marijuana Working Group
Nevada
Works (alternate)
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Board (alternate)
Truckee
River Flood Management Authority (alternate)
Washoe
County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee
Washoe
County Stadium Authority
Vice-Chair
Lucey
EDAWN
(Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada) (alternate)
Nevada
Association of Counties Board of Directors (NACO)
Nevada
Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway (alternate)
Nevada
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board (alternate)
Regional
Transportation Commission
Reno-Sparks
Convention & Visitors Authority
Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency Governing Board (alternate)
Tahoe
Transportation District Board of Directors (alternate)
Tahoe
Transportation Commission (alternate)
Truckee Meadows
Regional Planning Agency Governing Board
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Board (alternate)
Truckee
River Flood Management Authority
Washoe
County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (alternate)
Washoe
County Debt Management Commission
Washoe
County Library Board of Trustees
Washoe
County School District Oversight Panel
Washoe
County Stadium Authority (alternate)
Western
Regional Water Commission
Commissioner
Berkbigler
Economic
Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN)
Nevada
Tahoe Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Nevada
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board
Public
Schools Overcrowding and Repair Needs Committee
Regional
Transportation Commission
Tahoe
Prosperity Center Board of Directors
Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency Governing Board
Tahoe
Transportation District Board of Directors
Tahoe
Transportation Commission
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Board (alternate)
Truckee
River Flood Management Authority (alternate)
Washoe
County Legislative Liaison
Washoe County
Organizational Effectiveness Committee
Washoe
County Stadium Authority
Western
Nevada Development District (WNDD)
Commissioner
Hartung
Truckee
Meadows Regional Planning Agency Governing Board
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Board
Truckee
River Flood Management Authority
Washoe
County Investment Committee
Washoe
County Senior Services Advisory Board Liaison (alternate)
Washoe
County Stadium Authority (alternate)
Western
Regional Water Commission
Commissioner
Herman
Nevada
Association of Counties Board of Directors (NACO)
Nevada
Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway
NevadaWorks
State Land
Use Planning Advisory Council (SLUPAC)
Truckee
Meadows Regional Planning Agency Governing Board
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Board
Truckee River
Flood Management Authority (alternate)
Vya Conservation District
Washoe
County Open Space and Regional Parks Commission Liaison
Washoe
County Senior Services Advisory Board Liaison
Washoe
County School District Oversight Panel
Washoe
County Stadium Authority (alternate)
Washoe-Storey Conservation District
Western
Regional Water Commission