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SUMMARY OF ACTION FCC Meeting: WEDNESDAY, December 1, 2010 5:00 p.m. OPEN MEETING – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. ROLL CALL. Councilman Parsons was absent. 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. A motion to approve agenda minus items 7 and 14 was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0, Parsons absent. 3. PROCLAMATIONS BY THE MAYOR. There were no proclamations. 4. RECOGNITION OF EMPLOYEES. City Manager Greg Evangelatos recognized Oz Henke as an employee of the month for the month of November. 5. CONSENT AGENDA: (PLEASE NOTE: All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered routine, and may be acted upon by the Council members in one motion, and without an extensive hearing. Any member of the Council or member of the public may request that an item be taken from the consent agenda, discussed, and acted upon separately during this meeting.) A. ACCEPT VOUCHERS REPORT. B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -11/05/2010 {End of consent agenda} A motion to approve consent agenda was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0, Parsons absent. 6. PRESENTATION BY UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION REGARDING US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PLANNING PROCESS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE TRUCKEE CANAL PLANNING STUDY. No action was taken on this item. It was informational only. 7. PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF BILL #160 AS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF FERNLEY TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DA 11-08) TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR FINAL MAP APPROVAL OF CREEKWOOD ESTATES (PD 05-04), LOCATED IN THE VICINITY SOUTH OF FARM DISTRICT AND EAST OF SUNFLOWER LANE (APN: 21- 303-20). ---PAGE BREAK--- 12/01/2010 FCC Page 2 of 4 This item was pulled from the agenda. 8. A. PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, TA 11-17, TO AMEND PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 50 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FERNLEY DEVELOPMENT CODE AS IT PERTAINS TO FUTURE BUILDING CODE ADOPTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. A motion to approve Zoning Text Amendment, TA 11-17, based on the discussion and findings provided in the November 10, 2010 Planning Commission Staff Report was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0, parsons absent. B. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE PROPOSAL OF BILL #161, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF FERNLEY TO ENACT A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT (TA 11-17) TO AMEND PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 50 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FERNLEY DEVELOPMENT CODE AS IT PERTAINS TO FUTURE CODE ADOPTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. Councilman Chaffin introduced Bill #161 as an Ordinance which would enact Zoning Tex Amendment TA 11-17. 9. A. PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, ZMA 11-11, TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM NR-2 (MULTIPLE RESIDENCE, 8,000 SF MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE) AND M-1 (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL) TO C-2 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) FOR 0.29 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED AT 45 EAST STREET (APN: 20-021-10). A motion to approve Zoning Map Amendment, ZMA 11-11, based on the discussion and findings provided in the November 10, 2010 Planning Commission Staff Report was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-04, Parsons absent. B. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE PROPOSAL OF BILL # 162 AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, ZMA 11-11, TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM NR-2 (MULTIPLE RESIDENCE, 8,000 SF MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE) AND M-1 (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL) TO C-2 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) FOR 0.29 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED AT 45 EAST STREET (APN: 20-021-10); AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. Councilwoman Malloy introduced Bill #162 as an Ordinance which would enact Zoning Map Amendment ZMA 11-11. 10. PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SUP 11-10, A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A FREESTANDING SIGN TO INCLUDE LED READER BOARD. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C-2 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) AND IS LOCATED AT 1280 HIGHWAY 95A NORTH (APN: 21-271-10). A motion to approve, as conditioned, Special Use Permit, SUP 11-10, based on the discussion and findings provided in the November 10, 2010 Planning Commission Staff Report was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0. ---PAGE BREAK--- 12/01/2010 FCC Page 3 of 4 11. PRESENTATION OF CATTLE ISSUES ON HIGHWAY 95A NEAR THE AIRPORT AND RACETRACK. No action was taken on this item. It was informational item only. 12. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY’S PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS. A motion to approve City Attorney Employment performance measures was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0, Parsons absent. 13. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE REACHING OUT TO UNIVERSITY OF LAS VEGAS BOYD SCHOOL OF LAW AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES TO ESTABLISH INTERNSHIP AND EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. A motion to approve City Attorney’s request to reach out to University of Las Vegas and other universities for establishing externships and internships was APPROVED by a vote of 4-0-0, Parsons absent. 14. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEVADA RURAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NRHA) TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO PURCHASE THE DWELLING AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT 867 JENNY'S LANE, APN: 20-653-03 THROUGH THE $1.00 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. This item was pulled from the agenda. 15. PUBLIC INPUT. Public comment is limited to five minutes per person. Items not agendized for this meeting cannot be acted upon other than to place them on future agendas. Public input is prohibited regarding comments, which are not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering, with the rights of other speakers. NO action was taken on this item. It was information only. 16. REPORTS BY CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. This item is for various public entity representatives to provide general information to the Council and public. No action will be taken. NO action was taken on this item. It was information only. 17. ADDRESS REQUEST(S) FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. 18. ADJOURNMENT. ---PAGE BREAK--- 12/01/2010 FCC Page 4 of 4 Meeting adjourned at 6:19pm.