Council approves intent to sell parcels to RTC for 4th Street bus-station expansion

The Reno City Council on June 3 approved a resolution declaring the city’s intent to sell three vacant parcels (about 0.75 acres) to the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) to expand the downtown 4th Street bus station.

Brena Nichols, senior management analyst in public works, told council the sale is the first step in a two-step process under Nevada law and that the property had been cleared for sale after earlier tenant-eviction proceedings. Dale Keller, deputy executive director at RTC, said the acquisition is intended to improve safety, inflow/egress and operational flexibility — including potential future space for an additional bus bay — and that the project complements planned bike-network investments.

Council members asked about whether the project adds terminal bays, how it would mesh with bike facilities and whether the site could serve future commuter-rail connections; Keller said the location is RTC’s central hub, the RTC board had adopted related CIP items and federal environmental review and Federal Transit Authority approvals were complete. Staff said the appraisal was completed in February and council would lock in the sale price if it approved the resolution.

The motion to adopt the resolution of intent — describing the parcels by APNs 007311-21, 007311-22 and 007311-23 and fixing an appraised fair-market value of $1,350,000 — passed unanimously. The council also set a public meeting on July 29, 2026 for any objections required under NRS 277.050–277.053.

The sale is to another government entity for a public purpose; if the process continues to sale the next formal step will be the resolution of sale brought back to council.