2026-10-21 - Redevelopment Agency

01:59Mhm.

03:54>> Mhm.

03:59>> Morning everybody. The Redevelopment

04:02Agency meeting of October 21st, 2026 is

04:06called to order.

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06:24to agenda item three.

06:28Agenda item three, public comment during

06:30this portion of the agenda must be

06:32limited to matters on the agenda for

06:35action. The amount of time any single

06:38speaker is allowed may be limited and it

06:40will be limited to two minutes. Please

06:43say which agenda item you will be

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07:11meeting during citizen participation

07:14regarding matters within the

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07:28we will set the time at two minutes.

07:30Does anybody wish to come forward at

07:32this time?

07:35Seeing no one, we will move to agenda

07:37item number four.

07:39RA2-1-2026,

07:43discussion for possible action regarding

07:45a resolution finding the project

07:47proposed by the commercial visit visual

07:52visual improvement program agreement

07:54between the city of Las Vegas

07:56Redevelopment Agency and Lazaro Real

07:59Estate LLC located at 1701 South Decatur

08:03Boulevard to be in compliance with and

08:06in furtherance of the goals and

08:07objectives of the redevelopment plan and

08:10authorizing the execution of the CVIP

08:13agreement by the RDA not to exceed

08:16$29,500

08:19RDA special revenue fund redevelopment

08:22area two ward one Mr. Knutson. Please

08:25note this item is related to council

08:28item 26 R-69-2026.

08:32Ms. Babsky.

08:33>> Good morning, Mayor city council

08:34members. Dina Babsky, director of EUD

08:37and with me here at the podium today is

08:38Mr. Alex Lazaro and Mr. Alex Strazer.

08:41Alex Strazer is the senior economic

08:43development

08:44specialist with our department and is

08:46the project manager on this project and

08:48I'd like to give him the opportunity to

08:49present it.

08:51>> Good morning, Madam Mayor and members of

08:53the Redevelopment Agency Board.

08:56Um this is quite an exciting project. Uh

08:58this is the home of Mastriani Fashions

09:02which has been licensed at the site

09:03since 1995.

09:05Um it's at the corner of Oakey Boulevard

09:07and Decatur Boulevard.

09:10It's located in redevelopment area two

09:12which consists of many of the major

09:15uh commercial right-of-ways within

09:17downtown Las Vegas.

09:19Um this is one of the earliest inner

09:20ring suburbs and it has a high potential

09:23for transit-oriented development.

09:27Um so with this project we're seeing

09:29quite an upgrade to the facade um

09:32overall. We're having landscape

09:34improvements, um new facade, uh new

09:37signage, and new windows as well.

09:41Uh, for this project, we're seeing, uh,

09:44quite an investment made by the property

09:46owner, uh, 59,000, and then the

09:49redevelopment agency board would re-

09:51reinvest, uh, 29,000 into this project.

09:55Um, they're looking to begin work

09:56shortly after, sometime in the fall, and

09:59looking to complete by spring of next

10:01year. Uh, with that, I will turn it over

10:03to Ares.

10:05>> Yeah.

10:06>> Good morning.

10:07>> Good morning, Mayor. Um, feel incredibly

10:09grateful to be here today.

10:11Um, my dad started Mastry's and

10:13Fashion's back in 1985.

10:15We actually moved to this building in

10:171995, the year I was born.

10:20And these visual improvements wouldn't

10:22happen without everyone here. And so,

10:25just feel incredibly grateful to be able

10:26to make it happen.

10:28>> It looks beautiful. Um,

10:30thank you so much. Are there any

10:32questions or comments from agency

10:34members?

10:36Seeing none, is there a motion? Uh,

10:38Councilman Knutson.

10:40>> Thank you very much. Uh, Mr. Strauss did

10:42a great job, and Ms. Babsky, thanks for

10:44introducing all of your team to the City

10:45Council, I appreciate that. And Mr.

10:47Mastry's, I appreciate the investment

10:49you're making into Ward 1, and I hope,

10:51uh, this project is one of many that

10:53we'll see you before the podium. So, uh,

10:55with that, I would move to approve.

10:56Thanks, everyone.

10:57>> Thank you so much. Shall we vote?

11:01>> I.

11:03Post.

11:06Motion carries. Very good.

11:08Congratulations.

11:09>> Thank you.

11:10>> Congratulations, Alex. Thank you.

11:11>> Appreciate it.

11:14>> I should mention at this time that

11:16Councilwoman Summers-Armstrong is, um,

11:19in the meeting via telephone.

11:22Agenda item number six. Oh, I mean

11:26five. Agenda item number five.

11:29RA2-2-2026,

11:32discussion for possible action regarding

11:34a resolution finding the exclusive

11:37negotiation agreement between the city

11:39of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency and

11:42Nevada Health and Bioscience Asset

11:44Corporation for property located at the

11:47southwest corner of Charleston Boulevard

11:50and Interstate 15 expiring on March 1,

11:532027

11:55with one option to extend for an

11:57additional 180 days term if mutually

12:00agreed to be in compliance with and in

12:02furtherance of the goals and objectives

12:05of the redevelopment plan and

12:07authorizing the execution of the ENA

12:10redevelopment area

12:12two ward one. Mr. Knutson, please note

12:15this item is related to city council

12:18item 27 R-70-2026.

12:22Ms. Babsky.

12:23>> Thank you, Mayor [clears throat] city

12:24council members. Dina Babsky, EUD and

12:26with me here today is a very notable

12:28group of individuals. Mr. Warren Hardy

12:30and Kim Nickels with NHBC and of course

12:32Dr. Allison Netsky, the Dean of the

12:34medical school at UNLV and Kate Corrigan

12:37and Heather with the senior leadership

12:39office at UNLV as well.

12:41So the land that we're going to be

12:42talking about today is the what we all

12:45know former Presbyterian church site. We

12:48as you may recall had your approval to

12:50acquire this land a little over 5 acres

12:52for a little under 9 million dollars

12:54earlier this year.

12:56And the plan had always been given the

12:58proximity to the to the UNLV medical

13:00school and being in the heart of the

13:02medical district to partner

13:04with UNLV through NHBC to bring

13:07something additional to the current

13:09operations of the medical school as well

13:11as some other auxiliary services related

13:14to that industry.

13:15Um you know, the site has been vacant

13:18for quite a while and dot had it under

13:20their ownership for a few years. They

13:23acquired it specifically for the

13:24expansion of the freeway. Once they no

13:26longer needed it,

13:28>> [clears throat]

13:28>> they put it up for sale, which time we

13:29acquired it. Uh we do plan to demo uh

13:32the existing buildings in the near

13:34future while this agreement is um

13:36active, just so we can, you know, have

13:39better uh grasp on the security and

13:41just, you know, overall environment in

13:43the area.

13:45So, uh I will let Warren talk about the

13:47NHBC in itself, but we are proposing

13:49today a 6-month exclusive negotia-

13:52exclusive negotiating agreement with the

13:54developer and uh UNLV support to explore

13:57a potential development project uh to

14:00support what I just mentioned earlier.

14:02There is an option to extend for

14:03additional 6 months. So, we're going to

14:05be tracking uh how, you know, how NHBC

14:08makes progress towards their development

14:10plan, and if there's a need to extend,

14:12you know, we can do so uh with the

14:14approval of both parties.

14:17So, with that, I'll let uh Mr. Hardy

14:19talk a bit more about his vision.

14:21>> Thank you.

14:21>> Welcome, Mr. Hardy.

14:22>> Thank you, Dina. Uh

14:24Mayor and members of the city council,

14:25Warren Hardy, today representing the

14:27Nevada Health and Bioscience Asset

14:28Corporation,

14:30commonly known as NHBC. This is an

14:32exciting exciting day for us, an

14:34exciting project for us. NHBC was

14:36developed uh exclusively at the time for

14:40the development of the Kirk Kerkorian

14:42School of Medicine.

14:43The concept of NHBC is is a development

14:46corporation, which is the preferred

14:48method uh of philanthropists all over

14:51the country to deliver these kinds of

14:52projects. We intended to sort of build

14:54that project and get on with our lives.

14:57And that project was completed on time,

14:59well under budget, and we were asked by

15:02Governor Sisolak to uh construct or help

15:05facilitate the uh the public health lab,

15:08which is nearing completion on the same

15:10campus. We'll be done on time and well

15:13under budget. Um at that time, the our

15:16board, which is made up of members of

15:18the University of Nevada or

15:19representatives of the University of

15:20Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as donor

15:22groups, and and and community members

15:25decided that maybe we may be onto

15:27something here. Maybe we can offer some

15:29significant benefit to the community by

15:32staying involved and by by being

15:34involved in these types of projects.

15:36NHBC is there exclusively for the public

15:39good. It is not a for-profit

15:41corporation. We don't make money. We

15:43exist to give money away and to build

15:46projects and to assist. This is a

15:48project that we spoke with the city

15:50about

15:51and I I Dean Sisolak asked me to sort of

15:53talk about our vision. It's It's hard to

15:55explain our vision without understanding

15:57what UNLV or what NHBC is. We are a

16:00support organization for UNLV.

16:03Period. Hard stop. That is what we do.

16:05That is why we exist. Our primary

16:08interest of our group, as I said, was

16:09the construction of a medical school.

16:11That's why we were created.

16:13Subsequently to that, we've been

16:14involved as an organization in mental

16:17health issues. We've had discussions

16:19about biotech. We've had discussions

16:21about public health services, and always

16:24our main focus of education medical

16:26education and training.

16:28So, our vision for this

16:31property is what

16:33UNLV and the city want. We have ideas.

16:36We have We have relationships in the

16:38community that we will bring to bear for

16:40consideration, but UNLV and the city of

16:43Las Vegas is going to drive this

16:45project.

16:47I don't have renderings today of what

16:49the building is going to look like

16:50because we simply don't know. We don't

16:53build a building and then put stuff in

16:55it. We We find out who wants to be there

16:57and what wants to be what needs to be

16:59done there, and then we build around

17:00that. And that is the vision for this.

17:03That we will spend the time in the in

17:05the ENA period having discussions with

17:07UNLV, having discussions with Las Vegas,

17:10other stakeholders in the community, and

17:12we will build a beautiful project based

17:15on what the needs of the community are.

17:18So, we appreciate the opportunity and

17:20it's been a delight, absolute delight

17:22working with your staff with with Mr.

17:24Jensen and and Dina and the rest of the

17:26staff. It's been a dream and we really

17:29appreciate it and we look forward to

17:30this successful project. I have our COO

17:33here

17:34in case there are any questions about

17:35the specifics of how NHBC operates, but

17:38that's our vision.

17:40>> Thank you so much. Are there any

17:41questions and comments from agency

17:43members? Yes.

17:45Mayor pro tem.

17:46>> Thank you, Madam Mayor, and I thank you

17:48all for wanting to join in partnership

17:51on this front and in this work. We know

17:52how important it is to continue to

17:55expand offerings and ensure that we are

18:00offering also higher wage jobs for our

18:02community and we know that this space is

18:04very very ideal to then offer our

18:08community uh

18:10just a way to not just survive but

18:12thrive and so we're looking forward to

18:15some amazing landings on your

18:18on your part to to want to entice the

18:21folks that are doing this work in other

18:23places to come to Las Vegas and do it

18:25here and help us move the needle for the

18:28medical district in particular. So,

18:30thank you so much and also to give you

18:32and OLV another feather in their cap.

18:35>> Thank you.

18:35>> All right.

18:37Mr. Knutson.

18:39>> Thank you, Madam Mayor, and Ms. Babsky,

18:40again, thank you for everything. And Mr.

18:42Hardy and the the cohort here, thank you

18:45for showing up. This is an important

18:46milestone for the city cuz we've been

18:49talking about this church site for a

18:50long time. And just for the for this

18:52board, we had a conversation Mr. Jensen

18:54and I with NDOT about one time of NDOT

18:57was going to put snow plows there.

18:59>> Snow plows?

18:59>> Which makes absolutely zero sense.

19:01So, this is a much better venture in

19:03thinking through what can potentially go

19:05there and how it can impact health care

19:07and mental health care and rise the the

19:10opportunities for

19:12education within the higher education

19:13system. So, for NHBC and the the medical

19:15district, I'm very very grateful. And I

19:17would just kind of reiterate, Mr. Hardy,

19:19what we had talked about is the

19:20opportunities to partner are

19:22significant. There are a lot of groups

19:23that have ideas around what goes on this

19:25site, also how they connect to the the

19:27dental school parking lot and the other

19:29available land in that area. And so,

19:336 months is not very much time. It

19:35really isn't a lot of time. So, I would

19:36like to be very much engaged in the

19:38conversations, the partnerships, um and

19:40help UNLV

19:42reach the full full potential of what

19:44they can accomplish within the medical

19:45district. I'm super excited to be part

19:47of that. And thank you again,

19:49Kim and and Dean Hatsky, thank you for

19:52being here. I appreciate the show of

19:55support. And let's get to work. And with

19:57that, I would move to approve.

20:00>> There's a motion. Shall we vote?

20:04Please post.

20:05>> Aye.

20:09>> Vote your no. Okay, your no.

20:12All right, motion carries. Thank you all

20:14very much for being here.

20:15>> Thank you.

20:18>> Agenda item number six, citizens

20:20participation. Public comment during

20:23this portion of the agenda must be

20:25limited to matters within the

20:26jurisdiction of the redevelopment

20:28agency. No subject may be acted upon by

20:31the redevelopment agency unless that

20:34subject is on the agenda and scheduled

20:36for action. If you wish to be heard,

20:39please come to the podium, give your

20:41name for the record. The amount of

20:42discussion on any single subject, as

20:45well as the amount of time any single

20:47speaker is allowed, may be limited. Is

20:50there anyone wishing to speak under this

20:52portion of the agenda?

20:56Seeing no one, the redevelopment agency

21:00meeting is adjourned. We will start our

21:02city council meeting at 9:00 a.m.

21:14>> Mhm.