A.C.R. 5


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5--Assemblyman He
    ttrick

                 January 25, 1995
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      Referred to Committee on Transportation


SUMMARY--Expresses support of Nevada Legislature for 
          participation of Department of 
          Transportation in certain projects in Lake 
          Tahoe Basin. (BDR R-315)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Expressing the support of the Nevada 
        Legislature for the participation of the Department of 
        Transportation in certain projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin.


  WHEREAS, The maintenance of the environmental, 
social and economic health of the Lake Tahoe Basin is 
dependent upon maintaining the significant scenic, 
recreational, educational, scientific, natural and public 
health values of the basin; and
  WHEREAS, There is a strong public interest in 
protecting, preserving and enhancing those values for the 
residents and visitors in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, The number of residents in the Lake 
Tahoe Basin and the visitors from outlying regions has 
increased significantly in recent years, thereby increasing 
the amount of traffic in the Lake Tahoe Basin and requiring 
the development of safety and management plans and programs 
for persons traveling to and from the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, The TransCal Field Operation Test is 
a program developed to provide travelers with road and 
travel information concerning the conditions along United 
States Highway No. 50 and United States Highway No. 80 from 
California to Nevada, and to provide for the testing of 
market incentives for transit in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, The Tahoe Intercity Rail Study 
addresses the importance of and the technical issues related 
to providing persons with increased access by rail to the 
Tahoe-Truckee area and western areas of Nevada as an 
alternative to using private vehicles; and
  WHEREAS, It is anticipated that the Tahoe 
Intercity Rail Study will be completed in early 1995; and
  WHEREAS, The Department of Transportation has 
participated in the annual development of the Tahoe Basin 
Traffic Management Plan; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the Nevada Legislature 
expresses its support for the partnership and participation 
of the Department of Transportation in the following 
projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin:
  1.  The implementation of the TransCal Field Operation 
Test;
  2.  The completion of the Tahoe Intercity Rail Study; and
  3.  The annual development of the Tahoe Basin Traffic 
Management Plan;
and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the 
Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to 
the governing body of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and 
to the Director of the Department of Transportation.

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