Last week the Reno City Council passed a resolution reinstating neighborhood advisory boards. Now, they're looking for applicants. The city council plans to form five neighborhood advisory boards to represent different parts of the city.
Councilwoman Naomi Duerr says forming the boards is an attempt at streamlining the process of starting new projects so they're not surprised when they get negative public feedback and have to start over. "What's been happening to us is that projects have been coming to us for approval, and we've been having sometimes to send them back to the planning commission because they haven't been fully vetted by our citizens."
You may remember neighborhood advisory boards used to exist in the city of Reno, but they were dissolved due to some issues.
Duerr says the boards would sometimes fail to get enough attendance for a quorum or have problems getting into meeting spaces.
This time around each board will have between five and seven members. The boards will hold monthly or quarterly meetings that last about two hours each in the evenings. And they're looking for a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds. "I'll be looking for people in all walks of life. Different age groups, different political parties, to get a broad range of citizen input into our activities and our projects."
And they are accepting applications for about a month for a link to apply. http://reno.gov/residents/your-neighborhood
Even if you're not chosen to serve on the board all the meetings are still open to the public.
