The Carson City Board of Supervisors will be asked to approve a big chunk of change — roughly $2.3 million — in support of various redevelopment projects at its Thursday meeting, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in the community center.
State law mandates expenditures from the redevelopment revolving fund be approved by the board upon recommendation by the redevelopment authority. The board will convene as members of the redevelopment authority before reconvening as the board. Any resolution stipulating expenditures must be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the board.
All proposed expenditures are included in the redevelopment budget and capital improvement program for fiscal year 2023, and they include:
• $50,000 for arts and culture special events
• $25,000 for Nevada Day
• $25,000 for the farmers market
• $10,000 for Silver and Snowflake Christmas tree lighting
• $15,000 for July 4 fireworks
• $309,000 for the sales tax reimbursement incentive program for the Nissan dealership, Southgate Mall and Carson Mall
• $218,998 for the Richard Campagni (auto dealer) incentive
• $25,000 for special event street closures
• $50,000 for the facade improvement program
• $25,000 for downtown equipment and infrastructure replacement
• $20,000 for the sidewalk and utility assistance program
• $200,000 for sidewalk and ADA improvements
• $21,000 for aquatic facility improvements
• $170,000 for ADA improvements at Bob Boldrick Theater
• $75,000 for Mills Park walkway replacement
• $500,000 for West Appion Way stormwater improvements
• $40,000 for Musser Street rapid flashing beacon
• $385,000 for East William Complete Streets
• $50,000 for Stewart Street streetscape and sidewalk
• $100,000 for the JAC downtown transit center
• and $35,000 for the South Carson Street landscape.
Current supervisors make up the redevelopment authority, but the redevelopment authority citizens committee — which makes recommendations to the greater authority — is comprised of residents and business owners. They meet quarterly in the community center on the first Monday of February, May, August and November.
In other action:
Supervisors will be asked to approve a grant application for the city’s information technology department, which is seeking new software to enhance the city’s cybersecurity.
According to Carson City Chief Information Officer Frank Abella, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced the availability of roughly $2.5 million in grant funding for Nevada in order “to make targeted cybersecurity investments in state, local and territorial governments, thus improving the security of critical infrastructure and improving the resilience of the services state, local and territorial governments provide their community.”
If approved by the board, the grant will be submitted through the Nevada Division of Emergency Management and will not exceed $350,000. There is a 10 percent local match required.
“The IT department has identified software applications such as Extended Detection and Response (XDR) which augments and optimizes threat detection, investigation, response and hunting across a business’s entire IT ecosystem,” Abella wrote in his staff report. “The artificial intelligence (AI) will set a security perimeter around the city's infrastructure and can automate an action and/or a response to a threat.”
Abella said the software will initially cost $150,000 with annual maintenance costs of $79,000. The grant would cover the initial cost and two years of maintenance.
