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The Minden Town Board meeting was held starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 1602 Esmeralda Ave, Minden, Nevada. Board Members present: John Stephans, Matt Bernard, Bill Souligny, Roxanne Stangle and Glen Radtke. Staff present: Ryan Russell, JD Frisby, Jeff Cady, and Rachel Hamer. Chairman Bernard called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by John Stephans. PUBLIC COMMENT: Mr. Turner provided public comment on matters not listed for action on the agenda. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Stangle/Radtke moved to approve the November 7, 2018 agenda. Motion carries unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Radtke/Stangle moved and seconded approval of the October 10, 2018 Board Meeting and the October 15, 2018 Special Joint meeting. Motion carried unanimously. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GIFTS: None BOARD MEMBER REPORTS: None CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Approval of the October 2018 financial report including claims paid September 28, 2018 through October 25, 2018 for Fiscal Year 18/19. Stangle/Radkte moved and seconded approval of the Consent Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA: 1. For possible action: Discussion and possible action to review and adopt, adopt with conditions, continue or deny the 2018 Minden and Gardnerville Plan for Prosperity update prepared by RACESTUDIO and recommend acceptance to the Douglas County Planning Commission and Douglas County Board of County Commissioners. Appearance by JD Frisby, Town Manager. Mr. Frisby presented the final draft of the Update to the Plan for Prosperity to the Board and asked if there were any changes they felt need to be made. The Board did not have any comments or changes. Public comment: None After thoughtful and intelligent deliberation Sougliny/Radtke moved and seconded to adopt the proposed Plan for Prosperity including the minor changes as indicated by Mr. Frisby and to recommend acceptance of the Update to the Plan for Prosperity to the Douglas County Planning Commission and Douglas County Board of County Commissioners. Motion carried unanimously. ---PAGE BREAK--- Minden Town Board Minutes November 7, 2018 Page 2 of 3 2. For possible action: Discussion and possible action to review and provide direction to Town Staff regarding a draft scope of work modification to the currently approved contract, prepared by Town Staff and RACESTUDIO to develop a Town of Minden Design Guideline. Appearance by JD Frisby, Town Manager. Mr. Frisby explained why the change to the scope has come forward and what the status is for the Plan to date. Mr. Souligny asked if it would be a stand-alone document as reference for developers to review when building. Ms. Stangle expressed concern with spending the money and wanted feedback from the other Board Members. Mr. Stephans expressed his frustration with the results to date. He opined that the Town has excellent examples of neighborhoods already. He further felt that spending more money for a consultant was unnecessary when the Board could do it. Mr. Radke agreed with Mr. Stephans and there was discussion regarding the Board creating the design guidelines themselves and how important they are for the Town. Public comment: Mr. Turner provided public comment. After thoughtful and intelligent deliberation Stephans/Radtke moved to direct Staff not to approve a contract modification for RACESTUDIOS for Town of Minden Design Guidelines. Motion carries unanimously. 3. For possible action: Discussion and possible action to direct Staff regarding a request by Robert Pohlman, Minden Town Resident, to author a letter of support to be signed by the Chairman of the Board addressed to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners supporting the construction of Muller Parkway. Appearance by JD Frisby, Town Manager. Mr. Frisby asked the Board for direction regarding support of this road. Mr. Bernard expressed appreciation for this coming forward and Mr. Stephans asked if truck traffic could be addressed too. Mr. Radkte asked if there were any particulars that the Town wanted to ask for, and Mr. Souligny asked to have specifying language of unrestricted traffic. Public comment: Mr. Pohlman provided public comment. After thoughtful and intelligent deliberation Souligny/Stephans moved and seconded to direct Staff to draft a letter of support for construction of Muller Parkway to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners including language in support of unrestricted traffic. Motion carries unanimously. 4. For possible action: Discussion and possible action to direct staff in relation to Staff Reports. Discussion shall include a Staff Report on the activities, progress on or status of assigned tasks and projects, or general information regarding operations and projects related to trash, retail and wholesale water service, and other functions of the Town of Minden. Appearance by Jeff Cady, Public Works Superintendent and JD Frisby, Town Manager. Mr. Cady gave a Public Works update to the Board. The portable generator is on order and has an estimated 12-16 week wait time. Mr. Frisby gave an update on the splash pad, Christmas and asked for Board direction regarding Heybourne Meadows and the fill being removed very close by the Town’s future well site and the possibility of the Town receiving a different well site. Mr. Russell said that the Board can give JD direction to explore the possibility of relocating the well and bring back alternative sites for the Boards consideration. Mr. Souligny asked why it would need to move. Mr. Bernard explained some of the history on how sites were identified. Mr. ---PAGE BREAK--- Minden Town Board Minutes November 7, 2018 Page 3 of 3 Stephans expressed concerns with a new State Engineer coming in and the Town’s need to keep a good handle on what we have. Public comment: Mr. Turner and Mr. Pohlman provided public comment. PUBLIC COMMENT: Mr. Pohlman and Mr. Turner provided public comment on matters not listed for action on the agenda. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Radtke moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:21pm.