NRS 268.814
Duties of governing body after adoption of ordinance creating pedestrian mall.
1.
Upon the adoption of an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, the governing body shall:(a)
Appoint an advisory board for the pedestrian mall consisting of at least seven persons, a majority of whom are owners or occupants of property abutting the pedestrian mall, to advise the governing body in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof;(b)
Assign the responsibility for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof, to an existing part of city government, a redevelopment agency or a public operating entity created by the governing body for this purpose; or(c)
Select and contract with a private operating entity for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof. Such a contract or contracts must be treated as professional services contracts and are not subject to the limitations of subsection 1 of NRS 354.626. The term of any such contract or contracts may extend beyond the terms of office of the members of the governing body.2.
The governing body may include in the ordinance creating the pedestrian mall a provision for any combination of the options set forth in subsection 1.3.
A redevelopment agency or part of city government to which responsibilities are assigned pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is a public operating entity for the purposes of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires.4.
If the ordinance creating a public operating entity for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 does not provide that the entity is a public entity separate from the city government, the entity is a part of the city government for all purposes, including, without limitation, its employees are employees of the city government for all purposes.5.
Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS, a private operating entity is not a political subdivision, local government, public body, governmental agency or entity, establishment of the government, public corporation or quasi public corporation for any purpose.
Source:
Section 268.814 — Duties of governing body after adoption of ordinance creating pedestrian mall., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-268.html#NRS268Sec814.