A Jump Around Carson Bus at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo by Scott Neuffer.
The Carson City Regional Transportation Commission meeting for July 9 has been canceled, according to the city’s transportation manager, Chris Martinovich.
However, the meeting of the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is still slated for 4:30 p.m., July 9 in the board room of the community center, 851 E. William St.
RTC members serve on CAMPO along with representatives from Douglas and Lyon counties.
“The U.S. Census Bureau designated the Carson City urbanized area in 2002. In 2003, the governor of Nevada designated CAMPO as the agency responsible for metropolitan transportation planning in the Carson City urbanized area, which consists of Carson City, northern Douglas County and western Lyon County,” according to the CAMPO website.
On the July 9 CAMPO agenda:
• Members will consider an amendment to CAMPO’s Unified Planning Work Program for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, a guiding document for the organization.
“The amendment deletes section 3.1 of the UPWP which listed planning emphasis areas (PEAs) and makes other related edits including the renumbering of sections and updates to the table of contents,” reads a staff report. “The amendment is the result of comments received from NDOT (Nevada Department of Transportation).”
The report says CAMPO staff members were notified that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration requested all PEAs be removed from the document.
The deleted section, dealing with factors like environment and accessibility to essential services, can be found at legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3426611/5A_CAMPO_Exhibit_1_-_Amendment_No_2_to_2025-2026_UPWP_Track_Changes.pdf
• CAMPO members will consider the organization’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program or DBE.
“The U.S. Department of Transportation regulations require entities receiving FTA funds to set a DBE participation goal every three years,” reads a staff report. “In accordance with these guidelines CAMPO staff recommends a participation goal of 0.82% for (federal fiscal years) 2026-2028 based on the type of anticipated FTA-funded projects during that period, as well as available DBE certified businesses qualified to perform on those projects.”
More information on the economic metrics for DBE certification can be found at legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3436943/5B_CAMPO_Exhibit_1_-_DBE_3_Year_Goal_FFY_26-28.pdf.
• CAMPO members will consider a grant application to the Federal Transit Administration requesting $111,141 “to partially fund the replacement of a Jump Around Carson transit system fixed route vehicle,” according to the agenda.
The local match of 20 percent to partially fund a new JAC bus was estimated to be $22,228 and would be provided by the RTC.
“The estimated cost of the vehicle is $255,000. RTC staff submitted a Section 5339(a) program grant to CAMPO in June in the amount of $143,859 to partially fund the purchase of this vehicle. Since this amount is less than the estimated cost of the vehicle, RTC staff requested that CAMPO submit a Section 5339(b) Buses and Bus Facilities Program grant application in the amount of $111,141 to cover the remaining cost of the vehicle,” according to a staff report.