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RHA alley abandonment (D1)
- What: Approval to abandon an approximately 6,197-square-foot public alley between Reno Avenue and West Taylor Street so the acreage will revert to the adjacent parcels owned by the Reno Housing Authority.
- Outcome: Approved; council found that the public would not be materially injured by the abandonment. (See separate coverage for full hearing and neighborhood comment.)

Boards and commissions modernization (C4 and related ordinances E1–E8)
- What: Council considered and approved a resolution that reestablishes standing boards and commissions under a single governance framework and referred a package of ordinance changes (E1–E8) to implement administrative changes.
- Outcome: Council adopted the resolution and referred the associated ordinance bills (E1–E8) for second reading and adoption. The package centralizes program administration in the city manager’s office, standardizes meeting procedures and establishes annual reporting requirements. Council also directed staff to continue public engagement and return with further refinements.

Ordinances and code housekeeping
- Referred and scheduled for second reading (motions carried): bills 7309–7316 (these repeal or relocate existing municipal-code sections tied to boards and commissions and related housekeeping language). Council voted to refer each new bill for second reading and adoption.

Additional adopted ordinances and votes (consent/adoption)
- Ordinance adoptions on the consent calendar:
• Ordinance 6714 — Milnes family zoning map amendment (rezoning of approx. 132.2 acres): adopted.
• Ordinance 6715 — Repeal of Operation of Aircraft (chapter revision): adopted.
• Ordinance 6716 — Bethel AME Church historic resource designation (rezoning and overlay): adopted.
- Other consent items: Council approved multiple grant acceptances, contract authorizations and small capital projects (examples below):
• School-zone flashing-beacon project: acceptance of $1.89 million congressional community project funding to install flashing beacons at 36 schools (114 beacons) across city wards.
• Barbara Bennett Park basketball rehabilitation: acceptance of funding for park court rehabilitation and ongoing master-plan work.
• Regional hazard-mitigation plan: adoption that enables minor technical updates consistent with state and FEMA requirements.
• Grant acceptance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for a Truckee River path repair project.
• Allocation of private-activity bond volume cap to an affordable-housing project on Record Street (prospector apartments) to support project financing; council approved staff recommendation.

Administrative items
- City manager updated council on consent changes and schedule. City staff presented a comprehensive RCVA tourism briefing and a multi-agency public-safety computer-aided dispatch and records-management project update (Hexagon/regionwide CAD), both informational.

How council voted: many items carried unanimously. Where individual motions were recorded, the meeting transcript shows no opposing votes for approved items; some referral motions recorded a unanimous “motion carries.”

What’s next
- The council referred multiple ordinance bills for formal second readings; those bills will return for adoption as part of the ordinance calendar. The RHA abandonment order requires recording within 12 months to complete the abandonment process. RHA and staff committed to continuing neighborhood outreach and presenting a conceptual plan before pursuing financing. The boards-and-commissions resolution launches a year-long implementation and engagement process; staff will return with training, outreach summaries and any recommended refinements for council review.

Ending: The meeting included substantive public comment and drawn-out debate on the RHA abandonment; council approved the staff recommendations and a number of administrative ordinances and consent items designed to advance capital projects, hazard resilience and the city’s board governance structure.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Reno City Council Meeting - 8/13/25","oneSentenceSummary","Council approved a range of housekeeping and policy items, adopted several ordinances tied to a boards-and-commissions modernization package, accepted grants and contract authorizations, and approved a right-of-way abandonment requested by the Reno Housing Authority.","taxTitle","City Council Meetings , Reno, Washoe County, Nevada","taxId",69270,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6487625,"Reno-Sparks CVA reports rising visitor numbers, highlights indoor track and USBC events as growth drivers",4309,2603000,6912000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5576890-2c716ded6b41acca1fab3af479f18c18&start=2603&end=6912","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5576890-2c716ded6b41acca1fab3af479f18c18/thumbnail_2603000.jpg","/articles/6487625/Nevada/Reno-Sparks-CVA-reports-rising-visitor-numbers-highlights-indoor-track-and-USBC-events-as-growth-drivers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6487625-a63c3c8a3dc5bb9168b6154964c90ddf/orig.mp4?Expires=1771067919&Signature=OS8BJq-VHeJk4KfyoJjEvZtgUlQ4vBmZcli76z7yFOl8GHA9O6o82TxA7KD-~mnXnR~w2e0Eje8LjKcsodKf3fFM6yYwjlOm0udZ9xfI1Ng4Huq-24rP0exIJj4s9wIeZFe1Uj-SGGBDIaLxrKhZ0-nKe6CKjTNXGbruUCL1o1dNJrjggFwhO--3txI6UYmBqHHef4Kmg420t0NCYUcOhkCnWQNEtTnkXVRr1S7ISY5MEZUHxdql-pUx1F3O-xm3NSYiuhvxP5y11BFn2KyXlfnEksW248rm4e~W6I6adtlat0L3SNdmuBUjHlTKKSAmRaWFAtWx23TS22ba0VUUsw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority presented an annual production and marketing update to the Reno City Council on Aug. 13, highlighting a suite of new and returning events that the authority says are boosting hotel occupancy and visitor spending across the region.

RCVA CEO Mike Larrieta and Vice President of Marketing Christina Ernie described steady recovery and growth in visitation metrics after the pandemic, noting that California remains the largest feeder market and that leisure visitors average about 3.2 overnight nights and spend an average of $273 per person per day, according to the authority’s 2024 visitor profile and research partner Future Partners.

Larrieta cited two “signature” initiatives that the authority expects to produce significant room-night growth in the shoulder season. The first is a Mondo indoor track installed at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The authority opened the facility late in 2024 and reported 8 meets that generated about 12,000 room nights and 5,000 athletes in its first year; staff forecast 22,000 room nights in the second year and continued growth as the event calendar expands.

The second is the continued relationship with the United States Bowling Congress at the National Bowling Stadium. The RCVA reported that the 2026 open championship is expected to generate roughly 90,000–95,000 room nights and economic impacts north of $79 million based on current signups and projections.

Christina Ernie said marketing efforts are research-driven and target older millennials and family travelers; the authority reported a steady average visitor age of 46.8 and said co-op marketing with airlines and partnerships with outdoor brands and stewardship groups such as Leave No Trace have been central to recent campaigns. Ernie said digital reach exceeds 50 million and the authority’s website logged more than 3.5 million sessions last year.

Research director Alex Mullen, of Future Partners, summarized the 2024 visitor and resident sentiment studies. Highlights included: more than half of visitors come from California, downtown Reno is the top visited area in the region, and roughly three in five visitors said their primary reason for visiting was leisure, with gambling and lake activities ranking highest among trip motivations. Visitor satisfaction ratings were strong and the authority said 74% of visitors would recommend the destination and a similar share said they planned to return.

Council members asked about opportunities to grow indoor-sport venues such as pickleball courts and multi-sport flat-field facilities; RCVA said it has prioritized sports and event development funds, has a portfolio of event development programs (including a $1 million allocation for concerts and an event-development fund) and is exploring facility activation and flexible court solutions for larger venues. Several council members encouraged continued partnership on downtown activation and improvements to visitor-facing assets such as the Truckee River corridor.

Ending: Council members praised the RCVA for the work to diversify event demand and for data-driven marketing efforts, and requested follow-ups on specific topics including potential private or public investments to secure indoor sports inventory and activation strategies to further boost downtown visitation.","The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority told the City Council that visitor spending and room-night production remain strong, with new events — an indoor Mondo track and expanded United States Bowling Congress events — forecast to bring tens of thousands of room nights and millions in economic impact.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6487628,"Reno City Council approves alley abandonment sought by Reno Housing Authority after hours of public comment",6200,6820000,13020000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5576890-2c716ded6b41acca1fab3af479f18c18&start=6820&end=13020","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5576890-2c716ded6b41acca1fab3af479f18c18/thumbnail_6820000.jpg","/articles/6487628/Nevada/Reno-City-Council-approves-alley-abandonment-sought-by-Reno-Housing-Authority-after-hours-of-public-comment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6487628-4d740deaba9bb34fc7f468f26849b83b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771067919&Signature=CxwP13o5sjKP1yRPBIUMMXP8Hn9sc4Xw-5RRQaUll2ArtI-bx64ns5ErXyjUYAH~iEiOZbeTBO~jFNScvZITjrbc8wz3g4ka0Du8955PCAMmF7GULF27nihlecvqTtRNxeto9RYGNIpidczdyx2VCINo8oakrPjhHEzmW64o5Fy2tRrx01p1jr4hIihNYawHBpDe-9lZ1pg4jHe1sKAD8ZN8jSxKGkda3Ub2pH1xnqjnAaIXXKuyTAeyi-iaVAJexH8weSea2lT1qkegk9-iBQoWFnF~4ETfDqrhFxbmcNiZcr6-~rmjrCh6-52kulwSWj1S3Xid2B1TFMdlo1j~Zw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Reno City Council on Aug. 13 voted to approve a requested abandonment of a 6,197-square-foot public alley in Midtown, clearing the way for the Reno Housing Authority (RHA) to merge the alley into parcels it owns on both sides of the right-of-way.

Council’s action followed a multi-hour public hearing that included a staff presentation, detailed questions from council members and more than a half-dozen neighborhood speakers who said the alley is an important neighborhood asset and raised concerns about parking, density and public safety.

City planning staff told the council the alley was dedicated to the city by tract map, that RHA now owns all directly affected parcels and that the alley contains utilities (telephone, electric, storm drain and sanitary sewer). Jeff Foster, associate planner, said public safety agencies had no objection and that staff’s required finding — that the public would not be materially injured by the abandonment — could be made.

RHA’s representative, JD Klippenstein, told the council the authority seeks the abandonment to allow a more usable project area and to provide flexibility to increase on-site amenities such as parking, which will make future financing for an affordable-housing project more feasible. Klippenstein said RHA purchased the property about a year ago and has committed to additional neighborhood outreach and to producing a conceptual design before submitting financing requests.

Neighbors urged the council to deny the request or delay action until a full project plan and parking and traffic analyses were available. Speakers described the alley as part of the historic neighborhood character, said alleys provide delivery and waste access, and warned that development could remove a buffer between single-family homes and larger multifamily buildings. Several asked that any change be tied to firm limits on height, density and on-site parking.

Planning consultant and local resident Isaac Morrison warned that recent code changes that increase density bonuses for affordable housing could materially increase units on the site if the alley area were included in the zoning calculation. He asked council to cap unit counts and require at least one parking space per unit as a condition of any abandonment. Foster and RHA staff said existing zoning and overlay rules (including the Plumas Corridor overlay) constrain height and other development dimensions; RHA also said its current concept envisions roughly 40–45 units and that the property carries an affordable-housing deed restriction tied to its purchase funds.

Council members pressed RHA for clearer commitments to neighborhood outreach and for the authority to bring a conceptual plan back to residents before pursuing financing. RHA said it is expediting selection of an architect and intends to present a concept for community review by late fall or early winter. Council members also confirmed that subsequent development review (a minor conditional-use permit for 20–99 units) would be subject to staff review with 750-foot public notice and the opportunity for further public comment.

After discussion, Vice Mayor Taylor moved to approve the abandonment; Councilwoman Durer seconded. The motion carried without recorded opposition.

What happens next: If the abandonment order is recorded it reverts the public alley to the adjacent parcels and would allow RHA to merge the area into the parcels it already owns. Any subsequent development will be regulated by the city’s land-development code, including zoning, parking requirements and any applicable overlay standards. If RHA or any future owner seeks greater deviations such as additional height beyond overlay limits, those actions would require public review and, in some cases, Planning Commission or council review or could be appealed under the code.

Neighborhood concerns and staff commitments: Multiple neighbors said they felt the project was being advanced without sufficient detail and asked council to require a return with a conceptual design. RHA committed to additional neighborhood meetings prior to financing and to consider limits on height and parking as part of the design. Planning staff confirmed public notice procedures and appeals paths for any subsequent land-use approvals.

The council’s approval was the city’s final determination that the city finds no material injury to the public from abandoning the right-of-way; the order must be recorded within 12 months to complete the abandonment process.

Ending note: The city’s approval clears a necessary procedural step for RHA to pursue an affordable-housing project on the Midtown parcels, but council members and RHA staff said the community-design stage remains critical and pledged further outreach and more detailed plans before construction permits are sought.","After a lengthy public hearing with neighborhood opposition, the Reno City Council voted unanimously to approve Reno Housing Authority’s request to abandon a 6,197-square-foot alley in Midtown so the agency can merge the land into adjacent parcels for a planned affordable-housing project.","actionData","errors"]

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