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UPDATED WITH VIDEO LINK: Here is the State of the City address delivered Wednesday by Carson City Mayor Robert "Bob" Crowell. The annual presentation highlights activity and successes within city government in 2018 and goals put forward to accomplish this year.

A new Nissan dealership, Starbucks Coffee store, and more housing developments are among the proposed building projects currently under review by the Carson City Planning Division.

It was alleged today that Carson City's Waste Management has policies that are causing a trash build-up on Telegraph Square, but Waste Management Representative Kendra Kostelecky says that simply is not the case.

"For commercial businesses, we will come and take your trash every day of the week if that’s what you want,” said Kostelecky. “And we absolutely will provide businesses with as many bins as they want. We’re a business, we don’t have any policy that states we would only provide one bin to restaurants. In fact, we have many businesses that we do pick-ups for multiple times a week.”

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Jan. 3 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Community Center, located at 851 East William Street.

I read with great interest the two letters in response to Guy Farmer's op-ed piece related to the Vintage at Kings Canyon development.

While the individuals were correct in that the Andersons have every right to sell their land, the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors are not automatically obligated to approve a zoning amendment from agricultural to residential to allow for said land to be developed.

On Thursday, Dec. 20, the Carson City Board of Supervisors will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center to discuss changes, funding and projects for Carson City.

A new medical marijuana indoor grow facility is in its final stages of planning, and if it is approved, would be built at 5700 Morgan Mill Road in East Carson City.

Indoor Garden Farms, LLC, has applied for a Special Use Permit from the Carson City Planning Commission to construct a building used to cultivate and produce marijuana for the State of Nevada.

Having been without a code enforcement officer for more than a decade, Lyon County now has one after the Board of Commissioners identified the need and made room in its fiscal year budget for the position.

The Carson City Planning Commission and the Carson City Cultural Commission have recently announced they are looking for community members to fill vacating seats.

YERINGTON — Lyon County Manager Jeff Page announced Friday that the Board of Commissioners will hear a pair of ordinances that would rescind the prohibition on medical marijuana and address the licensing and zoning requirements for both recreational and medical marijuana on Feb. 1, 2018.

A zoning change that allows for the potential development of about 75 homes in Dayton was unanimously approved by Lyon County commissioners at their Thursday meeting.

A program developed by the Northern Nevada Development Authority to facilitate regulatory requirements has benefitted a lumber company with its plans to expand in Carson City.

UPDATE OCT. 4: The item is not on the Oct. 5 agenda and has been rescheduled to Oct. 19. We apologize for the confusion.
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On Thursday, Oct. 5, the Lyon County Board of Commissioners will be presented with safety concerns in reference to wild horses on Highway 50. Current code prohibits the watering of wild horses within 1,500 feet of a highway right of way.

A number of projects are on the agenda this year for the Carson City School District, not the least of which is a district-wide refit with energy-efficient improvements designed to give substantial annual savings back to the community over the next two decades, CCSD Operations Director Mark Korinek said.

Since the passage of Question 2 last year, some of us have engaged in an ongoing debate about the wisdom of permitting recreational marijuana sales in Carson City. At this moment, it seems that the majority of the Carson City Board of Supervisors intend to exercise their right as our elected representatives to approve an ordinance permitting the sale of recreational pot at the City’s two existing medical marijuana dispensaries as a defense, ironically, against a long litany of adverse impacts outlined in the draft Business Impact Statement released on July 7th.

I love the summer solstice - longest day of sunshine all year. Celebrate the first day of summer with a hike up to our waterfalls; the guided Muscle Powered hike this evening will show you the way. Load up the kids and take a short drive to Silver City; all summer they offer educational fun stuff like today's 'mining for chocolate' activity. It's a night of 1000 Dad Jokes at the Brewery Arts Center where funny and punny run smack-dab into silly - laughter is the best family activity.

• TUESDAY: Summer Solstice

Carson City will hold a public workshop next week to discuss possible zoning and business license regulations for recreational marijuana establishments.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is currently seeking applications from persons interested in serving on the Carson City Planning Commission.

Our Founders and the classical liberal intellectuals they followed got the basics of government right and thus launched two centuries of freedom and opportunity leading to hope, unprecedented economic growth and astounding human flourishing and wellbeing.

However, a century later a counter movement arose and has continued to gain until now, undermining freedom and opportunity and diminishing hope, growth, wellbeing and flourishing.

The recent flooding was devastating for some, inconvenient for others. What was the difference? Of course, flood zoning played a large role. But even those in flood areas were better off because of a single mindset, preparedness.
I was personally impressed by the local response.

Mr. and Mrs. Boree had a real estate business in Florida in 2002. They bought 1,892 acres of vacant land, borrowing most of the money to make the purchase. They did various development actions and requests for changes in zoning and subdivided the land from Jan. 2003 through 2006.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted to amend the city master plan to change zoning on 5.6 acres of the property from medium density ...

Lyon County officials met Friday with city leaders from Fernley and Yerington to discuss implementing requirements under Nevada's recently passed Question 2, the initiative to regulate and tax marijuana, said County Manager Jeff Page.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Thursday night to approve amending the city's Master Plan Land Use Designation (MPLUD) affecting the Vintage at King's Canyon Tentative Planned Unit Development (TPUD), but with conditions.

Carson City's Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 Thursday to approve the transfer of the former Horseshoe Club's gaming license from Nevada Treasure Chest to Silver Bullet of Nevada, LLC, which owns Bodine’s Casino.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors (BOS) will meet Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street, beginning at 8:30 a.m. to consider a number of materials on its agenda for the first of the month, including a vote on the zoning changes to the proposed Vintage at Kings Canyon over 55 development.

A special use permit for an indoor go-cart track in North Carson City has been approved by the Carson City Planning Commission, Planning Manager Hope Sullivan said.

An open letter RE: The Vintage At Kings Canyon

This open letter is intended for (1) all residents of Carson City in general, (2) the neighbors of this proposed mixed-use development in particular, and (3) specifically to the members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors.

To the citizens of Carson City:

A special use permit (SUP) application has been filed with the Carson City Planning Commission for the construction of an extended-stay Recreational Vehicle (RV) park at 1400 Hot Springs Road in Northeast Carson City.