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MINUTES
FREEWAY AND ARTERIAL SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
DECEMBER 5, 2013
These minutes are prepared in compliance with NRS 241.035. Text is in summarized rather than verbatim format. For complete contents, please refer to
meeting recordings on file at the Regional Transportation Commission.
THIS MEETING WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED
IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ON NOVEMBER 26, 2013
Clark County Government Center
500 S. Grand Central Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89155
City of Henderson
Office of the City Clerk
240 Water Street
Henderson, NV 89015
CC Regional Justice Center
200 Lewis Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89155
RTC
600 S. Grand Central Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89106
RTC website
www.rtcsnv.com
CALL TO ORDER
Ms. Alyssa Reynolds, Chair, called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. in Meeting Room A105 of the
Traffic Management Center.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Alyssa Reynolds, City of North Las Vegas, Chair
Paul Judd, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), (alternate) Vice-Chair
John Penuelas, Jr., City of Henderson (alternate)
Niel Rohleder, city of Las Vegas (alternate)
Michael Yates, Nevada Department of Transportation (alternate)
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Clark County Traffic Management
RTC/FAST STAFF:
Brian Hoeft, Director of FAST
Jesus Marmolejo, Manager, Traffic Systems Maintenance, RTC/FAST
Shital Patel, Manager, Projects and Traffic Operations, RTC/FAST
Gregg Rogers, Traffic Systems Maintenance Supervisor, RTC/FAST
Michele Fioritto, Administrative Specialist, RTC/FAST
INTERESTED PARTIES:
Jerrod Ratcliffe, Slater Hanifan Group
Tim Souder, TransCore ITS
Walt Vodrazka, Orth-Rogers & Associates
Joey Paskey, Atkins
Julie Schaller, RTC
Tim McCoy, G.C. Wallace
FAST OMC Item #1
February 6, 2014
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CITIZENS PARTICIPATION
Comments:
No comments were made.
Motion:
No motion was necessary.
Vote/Summary:
No vote was taken.
Item:
1.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Meeting of November 7, 2013 (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
Comments:
No comments were made.
Motion:
Mr. John Penuelas, City of Henderson, made a motion to approve.
Vote/Summary:
5 Ayes. 0 Nays. The motion carried.
Item:
2.
CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE THE JANUARY 2, 2013 MEETING (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
Comments:
No comments were made.
Motion:
Mr. Niel Rohleder, city of Las Vegas, made a motion to cancel the January meeting.
Vote/Summary:
5 Ayes. 0 Nays. The motion carried.
Item:
3.
RECEIVE THE FAST STATUS, ACTIVITY, CALL STATUS/COMPLAINT AND FREEWAY
DATA PERFORMANCE REPORTS (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION)
Comments:
Mr. Shital Patel, Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation (FAST), reported that the operations staff
were in the final stages of programming the Arterial Traffic Management System (ATMS) controllers for
the city of North Las Vegas. The ATMS controllers for Laughlin, Nevada were completed and given to
Clark County Traffic Management for installation. These completed the second phase of the ATMS
project. In January 2014, the migration process to convert the existing intersections to the new ATMS
system had begun. FAST and other local agencies identified priority corridors and noted a detailed
timeline for the migration. The criteria for selection included IP corridors first, a complete corridor, and
to spread the work among each agency equally as the migration proceeded.
Mr. Patel continued that staff had initiated the holiday plans, construction project timing changes, and
other signal retiming projects. The consultant for Signal Strategies contacted each agency for one-on-one
meetings for December 16 and 17, 2013 to collect all ideas and priorities for future signalization
strategies.
Mr. Patel informed the Operations Management Committee that a new Traffic Engineering Technician,
Mr. Howard Shaffer, was hired to fill a position in the control room. Staff is looking forward to his
assistance during the ATMS migration.
Mr. Jesus Marmolejo, FAST, began by reporting that four new cameras were added to the system along
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the Valley View Boulevard/Jones Avenue project. Several bad closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV)
were replaced along the Las Vegas Boulevard Strip and on Flamingo Road and Koval Avenue. Staff
bench tested and evaluated the Tropos wireless system in-house, and were in the process of determining
locations where the system could be tested in the field. There were issues on the conduit that was
installed in the City of Henderson along Sunset Road west of Whitney Ranch Drive. The Tropos system
may be used to connect Valle Verde Drive to Mountain Vista Street/Sunset Road intersection. He noted
that those intersections were down for approximately six weeks.
Mr. Marmolejo continued that the arterial maintenance staff had redirected fiber circuits in the downtown
Las Vegas areas (Paradise Road, Twain Avenue) and were adding the circuits that were installed in the
past few months on Clark Avenue and Bonneville Avenue. Staff worked with the city of Las Vegas (city)
on a wireless project to redesign fiber circuits along with LV.net to benefit the city and FAST. In
Laughlin, Nevada, the communication issues that were experienced in October were resolved and all of
the systems in that area are fully functional.
Mr. Marmolejo then reported on activities performed by the freeway maintenance staff. The 30 day
Systems Acceptance Testing (SAT) was complete on Interstate 15 (I-15) from Craig Road to the Las
Vegas Motor Speedway. Staff continued work with TransCore and Skyline on the Travel Time Sign
(TTS) issues along CC-215. He added that speed limit signs installed by NDOT on US-95 in the Boulder
City area would activate by radar and line locating continued for construction projects around the valley.
Mr. John Penuelas, City of Henderson, commented that staff had a couple of Cisco Access Points that
FAST could use for the Tropos testing. The city of Henderson was moving forward with Cisco and
Tropos with eight or nine identified intersections along Sunridge Heights Parkway and Carnegie Street
and over to Paseo Verde Parkway and back to Eastern Avenue to begin in January or February 2014
Motion:
No motion was necessary.
Vote/Summary:
No vote was taken.
Item:
4.
RECEIVE THE FAST EXPANSION PROJECT STATUS REPORTS PERFORMED AS PART
OF THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S CONTRACTS (FOR
POSSIBLE ACTION)
Comments:
Mr. Ismael Garza, Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), congratulated Ms. Alyssa Reynolds on
her new position as City Traffic Engineer for the City of North Las Vegas. He then read the handout
report [attached].
For clarification of some of the abbreviations in the handout:
• “Operations & Maintenance Contracts” TMDD refers to the Central Data Warehouse Software,
HAR stands for Highway Advisory Radio.
• “Projects Under Construction” SAT stands for Systems Acceptance Testing.
• “Projects Under Design” RFQ stands for Requests for Qualifications, QA/QC stands for Quality
Assurance/Quality Control.
• “ITS Programs & Projects” RFP stands for Request for Proposals, ITS stands for Intelligent
Transportation Systems, ITRIP (which should be ITRP) stands for Integrated Transportation
Program, CRS stands for Condition Reporting System , and GUI stands for Graphical User
Interface.
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Mr. Niel Rohleder, city of Las Vegas, asked for more clarification on the Wi-Fi project. Mr. Jesus
Marmolejo, Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation (FAST), explained that a system had been
installed along Interstate 15 between the Traffic Management Center and Primm, Nevada which was
never fully utilized. The Wi-Fi project was for NDOT to use the system as a backup for their emergency
response and other uses within the system’s firewall and determine the scope of who will able to use the
system.
Ms. Alyssa Reynolds, City of North Las Vegas, inquired about the Flashing Yellow Arrow Project. Mr.
Shital Patel, FAST, commented that the NDOT Project Manager, Ms. Jessica Smith,would be the person
to contact. He added that the North Las Vegas project would begin after the Clark County Phase 2.
Motion:
No motion was necessary.
Vote/Summary:
No vote was taken.
Item:
5.
DISCUSS COMMITTEE TOPICS OF INTEREST
Comments:
Mr. Niel Rohleder, city of Las Vegas, related that the city was experiencing issues with remote logins to
the Jurisdictional Management Center. Mr. Marmolejo was not aware of any network issues, but assured
Mr. Rohleder that he and Mr. Arvin Jordan would look into the issue.
Mr. John Penuelas, City of Henderson, welcomed Ms. Alyssa Reynolds on her new position as City
Traffic Engineer for the City of North Las Vegas, and to her official role with the Operations
Management Committee.
Motion:
No motion was necessary.
Vote/Summary:
No vote was taken.
CITIZENS PARTICIPATION
Comments:
Mr. Walt Vodrazka commented that the American Public Works Association (APWA) Holiday luncheon
was scheduled for December 19, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Palace Station. There will be a
group of children that will be singing, and every child will get a toy, a coat and a pair of shoes, and the
families will get two to three bags of groceries.
Motion:
No motion was necessary.
Vote/Summary:
No vote was taken.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:02 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Michele Fioritto, Recording Secretary
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FAST OMC
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Item #4
Handout
FAST EXPANSION PROJECT STATUS
Prcpared for the December 5, 2013 OMC Meeting
Submitted by: Denise lnda
Operations & Maintenance Gontracts
Central System Software
NDOT is adding a connection to the new TMDD expected completion is 4-6 months. Color DMS module to be
installed in the next 2 months. Monthly status/issues meetings are scheduled.
Gentral Data Warehouse Software Project (TMDD)
Release 3.0 has been deployed and is being tested. NDOT is in the early implementation stage for adding HAR
level control requirements to the system.
Proiects Under Gonstruction
FAST Package D - US-95 - Graig Rd. to Speedway (Contract 3526)
Construction and SAT testing are complete with only punch list items remaining
Flashing Yellow Arrow, Clark County Phase 2 (Gontract 3549) work continues on contract
Flashing Yellow Arrow, North Las Vegas Phase I (Contract 3552)
This project has advertised and the apparent low bidder is Fast Trac Electric.
US-95 - Ann Rd. to Durango lnterchange (Gontract 3554)
Las Vegas Paving is the apparent low. This project will widen US-95 within the project limits and will add full ITS
elements along the corridor. Fiber will be maintained to.the fiber hut during construction.
Proiects Under Desiqn
Project Neon
Consultants are developing a 3Qo/o design and performance specifications for this project. The department has
announced the three teams that made the RFQ shortlist: Kiewit-Meridiam NEON Partners, Las Vegas NEON
Ventures, and NEON Mobility Group. The draft RFP is in development. We are currently proposing adding
workzone ITS to this project during construction to help ease the traffic impacts on the public. We are also
proposing ATM (Active Traffic Management) gantries along the corridor and 1.5 miles each side that will be used
to aide during the multi-year construction process.
FAST Package F2, Boulder Gity Bypass Phase I B
Design is at the 60% level for most of the project. NDOT is coordinating with RTC/FAST for the connection point
between NDOT's portion and the RTC's Boulder City Bypass Design-Build project.
Flashing Yellow Arrow, North Las Vegas, Phase 2
Design is at the QA/QC stage, The final specs review will be scheduled once funding and agreement issues are
resolved.
Flashing Yellow Arrow, Gity of Las Vegas
Design is at the QA/QC stage. The final specs review will be scheduled once funding and agreement issues are
resolved.
FAST Package H - l-15 - Speedway to Arizona Stateline:
Design is at the 30% level and will deliver ITS devices along the corridor utilizing wireless communications
Project will be scheduled based on available funding
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FAST Package K - US-95/93:
Design has begun to develop plans for ITS devices from the US-95/93 junction along US-95 to the California
border and along SR-163 to Laughlin, NV. Advertising will be scheduled based on available funding.
ITS Proqrams & Proiects
l-15 Coalition: The l-15 Alliance RFP (Planning) was released and proposals are due December 11th with an
anticipated award in mid-February. The MCOM (multistate corridor operations and management) RFP was released
and proposals are due January 6'n. These RFP's are available for viewing on the NDOT website.
ITRIP: We continue to assess the needs and goals of the ITRP program to develop a plan for ongoing efforts and to
determine if there is a need for consultant support.
DMS Policy: We are continuing to develop an updated and more comprehensive policy and procedures manualthat
will not only address the public safety messages and message prioritization on DMS but also good practices on
message development and important guidelines relevant to the use of these signs.
Amber/Silver alert policy/ procedures update: Development of the statewide Policy for these programs
continues.
WiFi project: We are continuing work toward the release of an RFP
in the next couple of months.
Nevada Next Generat¡on 5-f -f (NNGSIl): The NNG511 system has been operational since April 2013 with
enhancements and features being implemented periodically. New features are currently being tested. The mobile
application, My511, that was tested during September and October will go into production in December. A new
Condition Layer to better display chain controls will go into production in early December. The system design and
deployment will be finalized in March 2014 with the addition of the social media, driving times, alerts and floodgates
into the CRS Event GUl, and reporting. The HAR and TMDD interface will be implemented at a later date.
Traffic Incident Management (TlM) Goalitions: We hope to start 4-hour TIM Training sessions led by our
newly trained instructors statewide by late January. We are also continuing to develop an RFP to engage a
consultant to assist us in facilitatinq future TIM efforts statewide. The next Southern Nevada TIM Coalition meeting is
scheduled for January 16th.
Freeway Service Patrol (FSP), Southern Nevada: United Road Towing has been operating the Freeway
Service Patrol program since October 1,2013. The program is being closely monitored with vehicle inspections, ridealongs, and coordination meetings with NHP, TMC operators, and District staff. Two lncident Response Vehicles were
added to the Las Vegas program on November 19, 2013. These vehicles provide the same level of service as the
FSP, but are also equipped to assist in accidents requiring lane closures. We are currently exploring sponsorship
options to partially offset the cost of the service.
Hazmat: The current agreement expires June 30, 2014. We are developing a new Scope of Work that includes
enhanced monitoring and reporting requirements and we plan to advertise a Request for Proposal in January.
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