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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 14, 2013 MEETING Committee Members in Attendance: Mark D. Kimball, Citizen at Large John Koenig, Pahrump Regional Planning Commission Bill Kohbarger, Pahrump Town Manager Brent Steed, Pahrump Building and Safety Scott Lewis, Fire Chief, Town of Pahrump Pablo Encinias, Member Steve Osborne, Director of Planning Dave Fanning, Department of Public Works Rob Mobley, Nye County School District Russ Meads, Citizen at large Committee Members Absent: Tony DeMeo, Nye County Sheriff Wendy Barnett, UICN Mike Floyd, Nye County School District Support Staff: Celeste Sandoval, Admin. Secretary, Planning Other Attendees: Butch Borasky, Liaison Don Skalicky, Public Works Charlie Watkins, DA’s Office 1. Welcoming Comments: Mark D. Kimball, Chairperson Meeting called to order at 2:20 pm. 2. Public Comment: No action may be taken upon a matter raised under this item of the agenda until the matter itself has been specifically included on a future agenda as an action item. (Three-minute time limit per person and speakers are requested to limit comments to items not on the agenda). Public Comment opened at 2:22 pm and closed with no comments. 3. For Possible action – Elections. a. Election of Chair, Vice Chair 1. Nomination and election of a Chairperson to serve the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee until January 2014. 2. Nomination and election of a Vice-Chairperson to serve the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee until January 2014. Mr. Koenig motions to keep present chair and vice for the next year. Mr. Encinias seconds. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 10). Yes: Mark Kimball, John Koenig, Bill Kohbarger, Brent Steed, Scott Lewis, Pablo Encinias, Steve Osborne, Dave Fanning, Rob Mobley, Russ Meads. Absent: Tony DeMeo, Wendy Barnett, Mike Floyd. Page 1 of 11 4. For Possible action – Discussion and review of CIP Streets/Highways impact fee fund available balance for intersections and/or road improvements located within the Pahrump Regional Planning District. Mr. Kimball stated there is $2,057,445.38 available per the Nye County Comptroller. Mr. Fanning stated the number is reflecting the $450,000 deduction from Mt. Falls. So the amount is correct. Mr. Watkins states there is no second public comment section and stated we either need to have a second public comment section or have a public comment after each item. Mr. Kimball opened public comment at 2:25 pm and closed with no comment. 5. For Possible action – Discussion, deliberation and possible decision regarding moving the Manse Road Project to the 1st position overall on the Pahrump Regional District Capital Improvements Plan Public Works Matrix. Consider recommending to the BoCC the Manse Road Project to approve the Commissioners “match money” to be disbursed for the Manse Road Project, and final completion of project by December 2015. David Fanning – Public Works Director. Mr. Kimball stated Mr. Fanning asked to look at the Priority List for Roads again and moving Manse back up to the top of the priority list. Mr. Fanning stated Manse has been sitting on the list since 2006 and the money is due to expire in December 2015. In that time the funding needs to be brought to a zero balance in that account. The main reason to take this to the top is the traffic volumes on Manse Road, between Fox and Hafen Ranch Road. The money available is match money from the BOCC matched during all the process from 2006 forward from every developer that put money in. The road is deteriorating and they can’t keep up with it. If there is any funding left after they decided upon a roundabout the CIP committee should consider that they already have money in the engineering into Charleston Park, Homestead, and Manse. Mr. Kimball asks Mr. Fanning if they were to take Manse and do a similar 3 lane, how far would you do it and what would that cost? Mr. Fanning refer to Vince Berg from Atkins Corporation: Homestead $7.1 million, Homestead to Hafen $3.4 million, Homestead to Fox up $2.5 million, Three lanes in each direction. Mr. Koenig asks Mr. Berg if the figures were from 2009. Mr. Berg stated yes. Mr. Fanning stated should we not have enough money to actually complete the $3.4 million in this project whatever money is left over he could just take Manse in its entirety and just repave it. Tear it up and it will not meet the requirements that they engineered to Page 2 of 11 do. It would be a two lane safe road. That price talking with Mr. Berg would be $700,000. Mr. Kimball asks if Capital Improvements falls into repairing a road or does it fall under the RTC. Mr. Watkins stated he doesn’t know the answer to that but will find out. Mr. Fanning stated it isn’t to repair it, it is already on the CIP list. Mr. Encinias asks Mr. Fanning what the lifetime of the Plan B project just putting on the asphalt. Mr. Fanning stated probably about 10 years, half of that of Plan A. Commissioner Carbone asks if Charleston Park is more expensive than Manse? Mr. Fanning stated Charleston Park doesn’t see the ADT’s that Manse does. He suggests the board taking in account the ADTs and the biggest area for potential growth. Mr. Encinias stated Charleston Park came up because of the correction on the sharp curvature off HWY 372. Manse is a different situation. Mr. Fanning stated Charleston Park came up first would have been for the traffic signal. The first CIP committee drew a traffic signal at Charleston Park and HWY 372. The When that signal was transferred to Homestead, that fell off the plan even though there was already engineering done, but only from HWY 372 to Leslie. ROWs would have had to been bought and curbs and gutters. Mr. Kimball opened public comment at 2:43 pm and closed with no comment. 6. For Possible action – Discussion and possible decision regarding recommendations for prioritizing and expending CIP funds (Streets/Highways impact fees) on various intersections and/or road improvements located within the Pahrump Regional Planning District. Commissioner Carbone asks if we have skipped an item. Mr. Kimball stated they went through #4 and there is $2 million dollars. Mr. Kohbarger stated we took no action on items #4 or #5 but will come back to #5. He is just concerned about the OML. Mr. Kimball stated that is correct. But we weren’t required to take action on #4 and we are going to just table #5 and come back to it. Mr. Koenig motions to table number item #6 before we make a decision item #5. Mr. Encinias stated not table it but to switch to them. He seconds it as amended. Page 3 of 11 Mr. Kimball stated we can’t have the motion made over. He addresses Mr. Koenig to make the motion stating that we address #6 before we address #5. Mr. Koenig motions to address #6 before we decide on #5. Mr. Encinias seconds that motion. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 10). Yes: Mark Kimball, John Koenig, Bill Kohbarger, Brent Steed, Scott Lewis, Pablo Encinias, Steve Osborne, Dave Fanning, Rob Mobley, Russ Meads. Absent: Tony DeMeo, Wendy Barnett, Mike Floyd. Mr. Kimball stated #6 has been in discussion since last September. A small subcommittee was tasked to work with NDOT on various suggestions. A light at Pahrump Valley Blvd, a light at Blagg and HWY 372 or a roundabout at both or either of those locations. NDOT made a presentation and the subcommittee has attended 4 meetings in Las Vegas. NDOT has been cooperative with their time and they have had 3 phone conversations and have been helpful. NDOTs position is to do roundabouts. The estimated cost of a light at PV Blvd is $750,000 and per Lori Campbell from NDOT it will be closer to the cost of the light at Homestead. Mr. Fanning stated it cost $2.2 Million and the largest part was the drainage study. Mr. Kimball stated a light at PV Blvd is probably in the $1.5 million range. If a light is decided at PV Blvd the money will completely come from the County. Roundabouts there are around $1 million and the other $643,000. The state could commit to 50% of the funding on each. For $850,000 you could have two roundabouts and could still have money to give back to the improvement of Manse. Mr. Kohbarger asks Mr. Borasky if the county have additional funding to make sure Manse gets done. Mr. Borasky stated there could be but would probably have to come out of PETT funding, but he isn’t sure if it can be used for that, and he will research if PETT funds can be used. Mr. Kimball reads Mr. DeMeo’s email into record. It states he approves the concept for a roundabout at PV Blvd and Hwy 372 and Blagg and Hwy 372. Scott Lewis states the areas for the proposed roundabouts are high hazard areas. Those intersections always result in injury and he agrees with Tony DeMeo’s comments that if we can address two specific areas with appropriate designs allowing them to still respond to emergencies in appropriate fashions at the cost rather than just controlling one intersection with a traffic light is something that we should pursue. He hopes that there is money to do Manse Road because that is one of their problem areas. Mr. Borasky asks Mr.