October 14, 2014

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked about the right turn lane on Highway 160 coming south on U.S. 95. Melvin McCallum said he was not aware of it being integrated into a project as of yet.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if Highway 160 from Homestead to Calvada was still on track for 2016 and budgeted. Mr. McCallum advised $4.2 million was set aside for it and it would move forward.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if Trout Canyon to Homestead was still a long-ra nge project and not funded. Mr. McCallum said it was one of the long-range plans, which kept it on the radar. Funds had not been set aside but it was a project NDOT would periodically look at it.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if Blue Diamond to the top of Spring Mountain had been funded. Mr. McCaIIum said yes. It was not on the old list because it was on the Clark County side and was included in their program.

Commissioner Carbone

said acceleration/deceleration lanes throughout the valley needed to be looked at. Regarding Highway 160 from SR372 to U.S. 95, Commissioner Schinhofen said they had talks with DOE to get some help, but he would like to see it on the long-range plan for shoulders as well as MM27 (Johnny Curve). Mr. McCallum said the shoulder project and the Johnny Curve project were listed on the current project list as long-range plans. A bypass was also added for the movement of nuclear waste in the future. Lori Campbell added the Johnny Curve project was included in the GAP project, which might occur sooner. Regarding the right turn lanes and acceleration/deceleration lanes,

Ms. Campbell

advised those were being prioritized statewide in a systematic manne r.

Commissioner Cox

noted the lack of progress on any of the safety measures that had been suggested by the County over the years. She expressed her concern about roundabouts on Highway 372. She would prefer a stop light at Highway 372 and Blagg and would like to see a cost comparison of a roundabout versus a light.

Commissioner Carbone

wondered how much longer it would be before the County saw the plans for the roundabouts. He was also concerned about the timing as the funds had to be used by December, 2015.

Commissioner Schinhofen

stated his main concern was if the impact fee funds did not get spent then they had to be returned to the developer and he did not want to do that. October 14, 2014 c. County Issues We want to hear from you!-Cont’d. As far as the light he noted that if Blagg and Highway 372 did not meet warrants then NDOT would not put in a light and the County would have to bear that cost.

Ms. Campbell

said they had the same concerns whenever they suggested and put in roundabouts, but after a while people learned how to drive them. Her department was selling up public educational sessions, but she was not sure when those would be held. As far as the capital improvement funds concerns, she said there was an agreement in place so those monies could be moved over and not lost.

Commissioner Cox

mentioned the need for a light at Mesquite and Highway 160 and how one of the medical marijuana establishment license applicants had offered to pay for it. Ms. Campbell said she was familiar with that need and suggested requesting a traffic warrant study for that area.

Commissioner Wichman

expressed her concern with the shoulders on Highway 160 north of town and when there would be a permanent fix to that.

Commissioner Carbone

brought up Manhattan Road. Dave Fanning noted on NDOT’s proposed highway projects planned for FY2015 through FY2024 they listed SR377 up to Manhattan where the County job would start and that showed as 2016. The Manhattan project Commissioner Carbone referred to was a federal project.

Commissioner Cox

mentioned the lights on Mesquite that had been there for yeats but were not turned on.

Mr. Fanning

stated those were private. He had reached out to the owners again and had not heard back from anyone. The last conversation held with the State was they were going to look into it also. He said Public Works would find the plans for them to see who requested them and find out how they got put up.

Mr. McCallum

said NDOT shared the concerns on the lights, but the information he received from district was NDOT did not typically put lights in cities. However, transportation alternative program funding was another avenue to seek funding for projects like that.

Commissioner Carbone

discussed the need for crosswalks in certain areas of Pahrump.

Commissioner Wichman

added there was a request for one on U.S. 95 in Beatty in the center of town. October 14, 2014 c. County Issues We want to hear from you!-Cont’d. Erika Gerling from the Beatty Town Advisory Board said the town board would like NDOT to reconsider a crosswalk on U.S. 95 and First Street as well as some additional lighting in that area. They would also like reconsideration of the request for placement of signs on the bridge stating Amargosa River, which Mrs. Gerling said was denied because there were too many other warning and regulatory signs in that area. Regarding the crosswalk issue, Karim Yousef advised it was in the process and the maintenance crews in Tonopah would do that crosswalk fairly soon. On the subject of the sign, he said NDOT reviewed its policy as far as placing signs regarding the rivers and noted there were not very many locations where there were signs indicating a river. He understood that this particular river was discussed with Steve Baer, who decided not to install those signs.

Commissioner Wichman

noted most of the bridges in the states surrounding Nevada had a sign that indicated what river they crossed, which helped people traveling through. The letter written by Mr. Baer basically stated too many signs would confuse people. Commissioner Wichman did not think the request was unreasonable or that it would break the bank.

Mr. Yousef

said they would look at the issue again.

Mrs. Gerling

advised the town board would probably consider the cost of the sign but would like to meet with NDOT to explain exactly what they would like. d. The Planning Process — 5 year plan; RTC process Melvin McCallum explained that after these workshops NDOT prepared minutes and followed up on items to begin preparing for the county tour process. Before that tour there were various NDOT departments that went out and looked for projects which would end up in the five year plan. When a project made it to that list it usually moved into the actual project stage. After NDOT visited all the counties a state transportation improvement plan (SlIP) was developed which listed projects NDOI hoped to get federal funding for. Mr. McCallum said the County could help with that by not only letting NDOT know its concerns but also by creating a project initiation form, which should be submitted by a local public agency rather than a private individual. There was also a project development committee that met and reviewed the five year plan. e. The LPA Process (CMAQ, STP and TAP project review) - RTCSN only

Ms. Campbell

said she would work with the Commissioners to get answers for their constituents until the public heating on the roundabouts was held.

Ms. Campbell

then explained that safety funding was federal funding from the Highway Safety Improvement Program out of MAP-21, which had stayed steady. They were working towards programs in small urban and rural areas to determine the best way to prioritize the roads, such as systematic improvements, which included roundabouts and pedestrian issues. She noted systematic improvements did not require crash data to be accomplished. h. Transportation Alternative Program funding, evaluation and selection process Tim Mueller said the TAP link on the NDOT Web site had a lot of information on what projects had been done through the Transportation Alternative Program funding. He addressed the cutting of funding for the TAP program and the programs that the funding had been used for. Crosswalk improvements and sidewalk lighting would be eligible for TAP funding and he encouraged the County to apply for those projects on-line. Mr. Mueller explained that he reviewed the applications, got questions answered, and then referred them out to a scoring committee. A meeting was then held for the applicants to make presentations to the committee. He advised the estimated funding available for 2015 was $2.7 million among three categories with a maximum funding limit of $650,000.00 and a 5% match. October 14, 2014 h. Transportation Alternative Program funding, evaluation and selection process-Cont’d. Melvin McCallum added a project could be submitted through TAP at anytime, but there was also a formal call for projects. Mr. Mueller believed that formal call would come out in the spring. i. Project Initiation Form (PIF) Cleveland Dudley reviewed the project initiation form which could be found on the NDOT website and encouraged the completion of a form for the crosswalk issue.

Commissioner Carbone

talked about the use off-toad vehicles to cross the highways and wondered where NDOT was with that issue.

Mr. McCa

IIum remembered this matter came up last year too and the response was that while there was an NRS that addressed it, it was more of a County determination as to where the off-road locations would be. He imagined once that was done it would go through traffic operations. October 14, 2014 4. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Three-minute time limit per person.) Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (second).-Cont’d. Dave Fanning stated he submitted an application electronically to NDOT in Las Vegas and had not heard back on it. He was waiting for that review to get the OHV signs completed in Tonopah. He said he would like to submit that information to someone today so he could get a response on it. He outlined the different approaches the Towns of Tonopah and Pahrump were taking regarding off-highway vehicles.