According to a staff report by Sparks City Attorney Chet Adams, a recent Ninth Circuit Court decision may have rendered certain parts of Sparks’ free speech laws unconstitutional.
The first reading of the ordinance will ask the council to tighten provisions that strengthen the city’s ability to require advance notice for expressive parades on city streets, among other items.
The second reading, and possible adoption, of the bill amending the Sparks Municipal code is scheduled to take place on Oct. 12.
The council will also consider reorganizing the Sparks Citizen’s Advisory Committee.
Currently, the committee meets on the first Thursday of every month at the Larry D. Johnson Community center. A small, unofficial gathering, the group is tasked with providing citizen input, gathering information, formulating opinions and offering advice on all governmental affairs. The SCAC acts in an advisory capacity to the city council.
The change proposes that each city council member will appoint two members to the committee from that council person’s ward. The Mayor would appoint members to represent the Sparks Planning Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Sparks Advisory Committee for the Disabled. One representative from each of these groups would serve on the SCAC.
Under the changes, membership in the SCAC would total 13 people.
The committee is subject to Nevada’s open meeting laws and is governed not by city law, but rather city resolution.
The council will also consider annexing a little more than 30 acres east of the Sparks city limits.
The land near USA Parkway sits more than 10 miles east of the intersection of Vista Boulevard and Interstate 80.
The annexation was scheduled for a council vote on Aug. 24. However, the developer was not present at the meeting and the council voted unanimously to continue the item until today’s meeting.
According to discussion at the meeting, staff has not obtained a specific development and land use plan from the developer.
In the consent portion of the agenda, which may or may not be discussed by the council, staff is recommending that Advance Installations, Inc. take the job of removing asbestos from a building on Victorian Avenue before it is eventually knocked down.
The property at 1212 Victorian Ave. is eventually destined to be part of a new road through Victorian Square, connecting Victorian with the northern portion of The Avenue of the Oaks.
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