b'2019 State ReportNEVADA Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association ReportNPM&CSA Reno City CouncilVotes to Regulate Fuel Prices NV to dissuade the members of thePeter Krueger By Miranda Hoover, Capitol PartnersThank you to all our members who were involved in our grassroots effortReno City Council from approving a new sign ordinance thatNPM&CSA Silver State Summary limits how often a digital gasoline price sign may be changedExecutive Directorin a 24-hour period, and limits the brightness of the sign at night.As originally proposed by the Reno Planning Commission at their July 17th meeting, digital signs could be installed by gas stations within certain planning zones, but would be regulated to emit no more than 150 NITS at night; by comparison, a flat screen TV emits 350 NITS on average. An amendment by a citizen activist group to regulate flip times was also adopted and recommended by the Planning Commission. This regula-tion would put a restriction on how often a digital price sign may change the gas prices by restricting the flip to once every 24-hours. Because of a strong grassroots effort by our members and other industry stakeholders, we were able to increase the regulated flip time (or how often the price sign changes) from the original language of once per day to once an hour. While this is a partial victory for us it still is an unacceptable outcome. The 6-0 City Council vote yesterday (August 14th) in favor of both restrictions has clearly indicated they dontMark Your understand or support free enterprise and the right of a businessCalendar!owner to make decisions that help ensure the profitability of their company. STORE ASS & C- OCIYour association is committed to continuing the fight to elimi- R S ATInate both the restrictions on price changes and the brightness ofT E O NE!price signs at night. We also believe that the Commerce ClauseR KLAMmay limit the City from imposing limits on pricing changesW as proposed in the ordinance.MUEOYour continued involvement is critical to this effort. LOGrassroots activation in the Reno area was crucial to Rmaking the City Council reconsider the proposed E HTPSAchanges. NPM&CSA must expand its grassroots effortsDAV Gnot just for this project but for all efforts at the federal,E Nour members to learn more about your business. To best 20 Ostate and local levels. To that end, we will begin surveyingD GIserve you, capturing where your facilities are is crucial towardsBour goal: which Congressional districts, State Senate and As-sembly districts, city and county wards/districts you are locatedLas Vegas in. We need to be able to tell our story quickly andto the right audience. May 7-8, 2020NPM&CSA BIG DOGS HOWLS Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa BOWLING & GOLFWPMA News / Autumn 201941'