Carson City Supervisors to discuss street vendors, 384 multi-family units in Lompa Ranch, audit findings and more Thursday

Intersection of Desatoya and Airport Road, part of the proposed zoning change to Multifamily Housing.
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The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Thursday, July 3, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center located at 851 E. William St. 

As a note, this will be the first Board of Supervisors meeting with the new city manager Glen Martel, who started in his new role yesterday, July 1, 2025. 

Here are some highlights from the meeting, and check out the full agenda at the bottom for all items.

Audit

Supervisors will discuss the ongoing audit of the city, which began in 2022 with independent internal auditor Eide Bailly. The contract began July 1, 2022 and continued through June 30, 2025. The city has the discretion to renew the contract with two one-year options, if they so choose. 

Staff has addressed the recommendations and/or findings contained in the Audit Findings Tracking Summary Report with remediation plans, and the internal auditor validated remediation, according to the agenda. 

We will also have a separate story dedicated to the audit findings, and will post a link to it here when published. 

— In a separate but related item, supervisors will also discuss the 2026 Audit Work Program and audit services recommended by the Audit Committee to be performed by Bailly in an amount not to exceed $110,000. 

Recommended projects include:

• Risk Assessment Update FY 2027
• Credit Card Payment Security & Compliance Review
• Capital Asset Accounting
• Public Guardian Asset Management Review 
• Follow-ups
• Fraud, Waste & Abuse Hotline

Risk assessments are annual expenses. The credit security and compliance review was selected because it has never been audited before, and “it is crucial for the City to implement best practices to protect taxpayer payment information in the system used for collecting payments,” according to the staff report. 

Asset accounting also hasn’t been included in a previous audit. The Public Guardian audit was conducted in 2017, and since then, new recommendations were incorporated and a new Public Guardian is in place. The audit committee and the auditor are recommending a new audit to assure policies and internal controls are established to protect the wards of the Carson City Public Guardian. 

The remaining items are standard as they address items such as fraud, waste, and abuse, and validation that management corrected findings, according to the staff report. 

Community Development 

— A proposed ordinance amending the zoning map of Lompa Ranch North SPA will be discussed, which wold change 18.54 acres of single family residential and 0.13 acres of public community to Multifamily Apartment on a site approximately 24.07 acres located at 699 North Lompa Lane. 

According to the supplemental report, the SPA is approximately 251.33 acres in size located on the east and west of I-580, south of E. William and north of E. 5th Street.

An SUP was approved in late 2022 for a 306-unit multifamily development, but it does not appear that the project is moving forward as approved, the  report states. 

The total number of anticipated dwelling units is anticipated to be 384 units across the 24 acres. 

The SPA is intended to include a mix of uses including residential areas with a variety of densities, commercial areas, two park sites, pedestrian connectivity, and a ten-acre school site. 

A design has been submitted that would consist of 284 apartment units, a realignment of North Lompa Lane to align with Butti Way at Airport Road, and a concept for the three-acre park site that is required as part of the project. 

The park concept was approved by the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Commission on April 1, 2025. 

“The requested map amendment will set the stage for future development. When development is proposed for the subject site, the applicant will need to demonstrate that the design standards contained in the SPA Handbook are addressed, such as the planning and construction of the three-acre public park site when triggers are met and public utility and roadway infrastructure to serve the project,” the supplemental information reads. 

The proposal does not list where the planned units are to be developed within the acreage. The previous approved development would connect to Airport and Desatoya.

There is significant flood plain concerns within the area, which is largely designated as a FEMA flood zone. 

In May 2025, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the zoning map amendment by a vote of 6-0 with one absent. 

— Supervisors will discuss a proposed resolution establishing the maximum number of residential building permit allocations for 2026 and 2027, and establishing them for 2028 and 2029. 

In addition, they’ll discuss establishing the number of building permit allocations within the development and general property owner categories, and establish a maximum average daily water usage for commercial and industrial permits as a threshold for the Growth Management Commission to review. 

The proposed number of residential allotments for 2026 is 774, with 332 for general property owners and 442 for development projects. 

The proposed number of residential allotments for 2027 is 802, assuming the typical 3% growth, with 344 for general property owners and 458 for development projects. 

For 2028, it’s estimated the board can make available a maximum of 826 residential allotments, and for 2029, 851 allotments. 

For 2026, commercial or industrial projects proposed to exceed the threshold of 10,000 gallons per day of water will need to be reviewed and approved by the Growth Management Commission. 

— A new ordinance is being proposed removing the approval of street vending and street vendor carts from the jurisdiction of the Redevelopment Advisory Citizens Committee and authorizing the Director of Carson City Community Development Department to approve vending and vending carts. 

According to the agenda, “The RACC was created in 1993 with the main purpose of reviewing incentive packages and recommending their approval to the Redevelopment Authority. Currently, neither the Redevelopment Authority nor the Board of Supervisors seeks to implement an incentives program. Therefore, staff intends to recommend that the Redevelopment Authority and the Board of Supervisors sunset the RACC.” 

Appointments 

— Carson City Justice of the Peace and Municipal Court Judge Thomas Armstrong will be appointed to the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council as Carson City’s representative for a two-year term. 

— The appointment of one member to the Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority (CTA) to represent the hotel-motel industry for a two-year term expiring July 2027 will be discussed. Mike Jones was appointed in June 2024 to the position, and has tendered his resignation. New applications for the position were received from Diana LaForge and Sandra Nagel. 

Taxes, purchases and contracts 

— Property tax rates will remain the same as last year, holding at the FY 2025-26 tax rate of 3.57. Supervisors set the Carson City tax rate each year following the certification by the Nevada Tax Commission. 

— A discussion will be held regarding a contract for Design Workshop, Inc. to provide design, engineering and construction management plans for Phase IV of the Carson River Trail System, which will cover the Riverview Trailhead design in an amount not to exceed $385,700.  The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act will fund the contract through a cooperative agreement administered by the BLM. 

The project will renovate the existing trailhead location at Riverview Park on Marsh Road (where the eastern portion of 5th street comes to an end) to improve and enhance trail access, improve visitor safety, enhance recreation land educational opportunities, and improve preservation and protection of historic ranch structures and the Korean War Veterans Memorial, according to the agenda. 

The total federal award is for $2.3 million with a match of $57,157 of staff management time. 

Five proposals were received for the design project, and the city’s review and selection committee is recommending Design WS for the contract. 

— The IT department is asking for authorization to purchase hardware and software for city-wide departments for an amount not to exceed $1.96 million. 

— The board will discuss an expenditure of $50,000 for various arts and cultures projects, half for grants and half for Arts & Culture Program expenses. 

At its June 09, 2025 meeting, the Carson City Cultural Commission recommended awarding the following amounts to the following applicants: $6,250 to Mile High Jazz Band Association for “Jazz & Beyond – 2025 Carson City Music Festival,” $6,250 to Carson City Symphony Association for “2025-2026 Concert Series,” $6,250 to Wild Horse Productions for “Bringing Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. to Life: A Theatrical Journey for Young Audiences,” and $6,250 to Sierra Nevada Ballet for “Carson City 25-26 Performance Series.”

View the full agenda below. 

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