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Residents urge action on speeding, racing and code enforcement at council's public forum
Summary
During the meeting's second public forum residents reported speeding school buses and motorcycle racing near schools, asked for permission to keep an HOA-approved wrought-iron fence, and raised litigation and housing-sustainability ideas; council took no immediate action but offered to follow up.
Several residents used the council’s second public forum on April 15 to raise local safety and neighborhood concerns. Terry Maria described repeated motorcycle racing on Coleman east to Centennial, donuts on Tropical and Clayton near a school, and alleged a school bus (No. 15529) was speeding through a school zone on April 10 at 6:15 a.m. Maria asked where CCSD police were and noted red-light cameras are not permitted in Nevada.
“Just to give you an idea…on 04/10 at 06:15AM, I had a bus number of 15529…just doing way over the speed limit with kids,” Maria said. Council acknowledged the complaint and encouraged follow-up with appropriate enforcement agencies; no specific enforcement action was recorded on the transcript.
Other speakers raised separate concerns. Julian described being detained at a protest, ongoing litigation with police and medical injuries he says resulted from that detention; he also proposed a nonprofit food-sustainability program to help veterans and people with disabilities. Christopher Payne asked the council to allow an existing wrought-iron fence on his property to remain, saying it was HOA-approved andhelps protect his family amid ongoing court disputes. Nina Bailey introduced herself as a Ward 1 resident who runs transitional housing, said she will apply for a redevelopment grant and noted she will compete in a national pageant representing Nevada this summer.
Council thanked speakers, offered to meet with constituents offline for case-specific matters and noted that items raised at the second public forum cannot be deliberated or acted upon at that moment but may be referred to staff for later action.
