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Members of the House of Representatives are required to post information on the requests they submit to the Appropriations Committee on their official House website at the time the request is made. Each request is required to incude the following information:

The proposed recipient, and address of the recipient,
The amount of the request,and
An explanation of the request, including purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

2011 Funding Requests:

Surface Transportation Authorization High Priority Project Requests
Water resources Development Act 2010 Requests

Commerce, Justice, Science

City of North Las Vegas

2200 Civic Center Drive

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

Emergency Communications Tower

Amount Requested: $500,000

This project involves construction of a radio tower and related equipment and structure to provide public safety radio communications within the Kapex/I 15/US 93 area, to insure effective and consistent communications among public safety personnel responding to and within the developing area.

City of North Las Vegas Police Department

1301 E. Lake Mead Blvd.

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

Crime & Intelligence Analyst Personnel

Amount Requested: $243,000

This project will fund a Crime and Intelligence Analyst (CIA) for the North Las Vegas Police Department to serve as liaison to the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center (SNCTC).

Clark County

500 S GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY

LAS VEGAS, NV 89155

Justice Information Sharing System

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

The City of North Las Vegas Police Department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Henderson Police Department, Clark County (District Attorney, District and Justice Courts), Nevada Department of Public Safety, and the City of Las Vegas Detention and Enforcement need to replace a 40 year old Regional Justice Information-Sharing System called SCOPE (Shared Computer Operations for Protection and Enforcement) and the nearly 30 year old Wanted Vehicle System. The system will establish a highly secure information sharing environment to be utilized by stakeholders from law enforcement, justice, emergency, regulatory, child protective, intelligence, fusion centers, and homeland security. The goal is to capture and share complete, accurate, and timely information in support of the criminal justice community allowing officers to react more reliably and quickly to crime.

i-SAFE, Inc.

5900 Pasteur Court

Suite 100

Carlsbad, CA 92008

i-SAFE

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation that has been providing, since 2002, Internet Safety curriculum to over 25 million students nationwide. Parents, educators, law enforcement and industry rely on i-SAFE to educate citizens in all 50 states about how to remain safe from online predators, consumer fraud, bullying and many other online victimization schemes.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

3141 E. Sunrise Ave.

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Mobile Field Reporting

Amount Requested: $450,000

This funding would be used to purchase 75 toughbook computers. The LVMPD is moving toward the use of technology that will speed up the process of taking crime reports, inputting this data into an information management system, which will increase our ability to analyze this data for trends, patterns and suspect identification at the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

1041 North Virginia Street, Third Floor

Reno, NV 89521

Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel: Victims Act Model Courts Project

Amount Requested: $1,875,000

The project works to improve the child protection system to better respond to, and meet the needs of children and families. It focuses on improving court practice in handling child abuse and neglect cases.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

1041 North Virginia Street, Third Floor

Reno, NV 89503

Judicial Training, Research and Technical Assistance

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

The NCJFCJ Judicial Training, Research and Technical Assistance Project provides state-of-theart information, training, and research services to judges and other juvenile justice professionals in order to improve decision-making and resources to better serve the needs of children families in cases involving juvenile delinquency and child abuse and neglect. The project would continue to support continuing education, training, technical assistance and research services to an estimated 30,000 judges, probation officers, attorneys, mental health, detention, child welfare representatives and others annually.

Nevada Department of Public Safety

555 Wright Way

Carson City, NV 89711

Nevada Multi-Jurisdictional Meth Enforcement

Amount Requested: $400,000

This project will allow the Nevada Department of Public Safety Investigation Division to continue to support, equip, and operate ten drug task forces, representing fifteen of Nevada's seventeen counties. Funds will be used statewide to investigate and enforce drug crimes in an effort to reduce demand and supply of illicit controlled substances, specifically methamphetamine.

Nevada Department of Public Safety

555 Wright Way

Carson City, NV 89711

Computerized Criminal History Project

Amount Requested: $350,000

Funds will be used to conduct a needs assessment of Nevada's Computerized Criminal History System. Current technology is outdated and does not comply with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's rules on fingerprint records.

Nevada Department of Public Safety

555 Wright Way

Carson City, NV 89711

Statewide Computer Aided Dispatch Project

Amount Requested: $500,000

This project will promote interoperability among local law enforcement agencies and the state Department of Public Safety using different models of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems, greatly improving situational awareness, response capability and reducing time to respond across given incidents.

Youth Advocate Programs

2007 North Third Street

Harrisburg, PA 17102

Intensive Supervision and Support Program to Address Under-Age Prostitution

Amount Requested: $500,000

This project provides community-based alternatives for high-risk youth in Las Vegas, keeping them in the community with intensive support and safety protection, furthering their education and exploring new legal and safe avenues to earn money.

Defense

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

888 West Bonneville

Las Vegas, NV 89106

Quantitative Assessment of Blunt Trauma Exposure and Potential Traumatic Brain Injury in Professional Fighters

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

The overall goal of this study is to determine the relationship between blunt trauma exposure and subsequent traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans. It will provide information that will enable assessment of risk, accurate diagnosis and improved prognostic information for TBI. This study will also generate empirical data that can be used to develop better protective headgear for warfighters.

Desert Research Institute

2215 Raggio Parkway

Reno, NV 89512

Mobile Aerosol Monitoring System for Department of Defense

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

The proposed array of instrumentation for improving our understanding of the temporal

variability of physical and chemical properties of dust will include (a) a continuous analyzer for measuring metals; (b) continuous mass monitors; (c) an instrument for measurement of light absorption; (d) an instrument to measure light scattering; (e) optical particle size analyzer, (f) laser radar for remote sensing of dust; (g) continuous gas monitors for ozone, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide; (h) time-integrated filter samplers; and (i) meteorological instruments. We plan to install all equipment in an instrumented mobile shelter for easy shipment and transport to monitoring sites. In the third year, the system will be transported to and operated, in collaboration with the DoD, at a military base in the Middle East or elsewhere.

Results will be available through a secure internet connection for DoD to evaluate, integrate into their planning, and for making operational decisions.

Nevada Cancer Institute

One Breakthrough Way

Las Vegas, NV 89135

Lung Cancer Screening Advanced Imaging Center

Amount Requested: $2,500,000

By leveraging multiple approved synergistic technologies and available multi-departmental expertise NVCI seeks to study and advance the practice of lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals. This will provide state-of-the-art resources and medical opinions to NVCI's patients in keeping with the mission of excellence in military medicine. By developing a multi-disciplinary pathway for patient evaluation the program would be poised to be inclusive of patients from multiple referral sources throughout the military, DOD civilian, retiree, and dependant communities. This study is designed to collaborate with the Interventional Pulmonary and Medical Oncology Service of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. Also, by providing multiple additional services at the NVCI to the VA and DOD/Tricare population, NVCI aims to reduce the overall cost by eliminating need for multiple Tricare referrals and appointments. Additionally, NVCI would capture additional patients felt to be at risk, as well as,

attendant spin-off requirements (CT, Pathology, Laboratory testing, PFT's) thereby reducing overall cost to the system.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Small and Light Arms

Amount Requested: $1,333,000

This funding would be used to arm and train troops of the Nevada Army National Guard.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Remote Piloted Aircraft

Amount Requested: $2,795,000

This funding would provide 67 permanent personnel authorizations to meet national efforts against terrorism by increasing USAF Intelligence, Surveillence, and Reconnaisance (ISR) capability at the Nevada Air National Guard.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Nevada National Guard Counter Drug

Amount Requested: $4,500,000

This level of funding would ensure continued sustainment of the Nevada National Guard

Counterdrug Program in the fight against illegal narcotics. The Nevada National Guard

Counterdrug Program has a tremendous impact on the State of Nevada and other states through its unique military capabilities.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

USAFWC F-15C Total Force Initiative

Amount Requested: $3,254,000

The funding will provide the required test and advanced training needed to help maintain U.S. air supremacy.

Energy and Water

City of Las Vegas

400 Stewart Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Sustainable Neighborhood Pilot Program

Amount Requested: $450,000

This project will provide retrofit package to 20 homes, including an energy audit, retrofit

measures up to $10,000 per home, a drip irrigation system, six drought-tolerant trees, and 1 kW solar system. The program will also serve as a demonstration for the larger neighborhood, reduce the carbon footprint of home owners, and increase the sustainability of the larger community.

City of North Las Vegas

2200 Civic Center Drive

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

NORTH LAS VEGAS WATER REUSE

Amount Requested: $3,000,000

The City has completed the design of a 25 MGD Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and is currently constructing the facility and corresponding collection/discharge systems.

College of Southern Nevada

6375 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Cheyenne Campus Building Modernization & Energy Efficiency

Amount Requested: $500,000

This project will modernize and create an efficient HVAC system in the Cheyenne Campus' Main Building, constructed in 1974.

Desert Research Institute

2215 Raggio Parkway

Reno, NV 89512

Water Resources Data, Modeling, and Visualization Center

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

This project will house and use all available, relevant data needed to better understand

the current and potential future distribution of water resources within the State of Nevada. The project will require a dedicated supercomputer along with new faculty in information management, hydrologic, atmospheric, and ecological modeling. This dedicated supercomputer will use the DRI CAVE for visualization of past, present, and future water resources scenarios thereby creating a powerful linkage among data, computing, and public outreach.

Desert Research Institute

2215 Raggio Parkway

Reno, NV 89512

URBAN FLOOD DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, DRI, NV

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

This initiative addresses an urgent, nationwide need for technology development in flood control and stream restoration in urban areas. The project will provide continuity in developing tools and technologies that will help in flood damage reduction and channel restoration for demonstration and evaluation in arid and semi-arid regions.

Las Vegas Valley Water District

1001 S. Valley View Boulevard

Las Vegas, NV 89153

Distributed Solar Array

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

This project involves the design and construction of a 400â€“500 kilowatt distributed solar (photovoltaic) array at the Las Vegas Valley Water District's Tropical Satellite facility.

Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization

999 Tahoe Blvd.

Incline Village, NV 89451

Renewable Energy Innovation and Deployment Cluster

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

A broad coalition of key statewide stakeholders (including the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the University of Nevada Reno, and the Desert Research Institute) will collaborate in creating two large-scale renewable energy clusters in Nevada. These clusters will accelerate the commercialization of new energy technologies and promote job training and infrastructure development to support business recruitment/expansion within each cluster.

Southern Nevada Water Authority

100 City Parkway, Suite 700

Las Vegas, NV 89106

LAKE MEAD/LAS VEGAS WASH PROGRAM

Amount Requested: $1,850,000

This program provides for the development and implementation of projects for the restoration, habitat enhancement, and water quality improvement of Las Vegas Wash (Wash) and Lake Mead. These improvements benefit more than 2 million Nevada residents by improving source water quality, protecting regional water delivery and reuse infrastructure, and preventing degradation of Lake Mead recreational opportunities.

WestCare Foundation

5659 Duncan Dr

Las Vegas, NV 89130

Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Amount Requested: $500,000

WestCare, one of the nation's largest non-profit behavioral health organizations, will make necessary upgrades to its Las Vegas facility to incorporate green technology for energy efficiency, including roofing, insulation, impact resistant high efficiency windows/doors and upgrades to improve the efficiency of the air conditioning system.

Homeland Security

College of Southern Nevada

6375 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Emergency Notification System

Amount Requested: $300,000

The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education have advocated that colleges and universities adopt measures to enhance campus security. This project procures an exterior communications system for three campuses to notify students and employees in case of active shooter, terrorist act or other emergency incidents. The State of Nevada has no mechanism to fund this.

Institute for Security Studies

4045 S. Spencer Street, Suite 306

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Excellence in Security Program

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

ISS's Excellence in Security Program supports the goal of the White House's National Strategy for Information Sharing. The proposed program addresses the concerns raised by the Congressional Research Service Report to Congress, "Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues for Congressional Oversight," which noted a glaring absence of public-private partnerships to coordinate counter-terrorism training with the commercial sector at the Federal, state or local level. With increasing budgetary constraints placed upon funding for preparedness and prevention programs, the project will serve to substantially increase the numbers of personnel receiving training and is a cost-effective resource multiplier with benefits extending far beyond southern Nevada.

Interior

City of North Las Vegas

2200 Civic Center Drive

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

Wastewater Infrastructure Project

Amount requested: $1,000,000

This project is integral to the 25 mgd Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) being constructed to treat the wastewater for the City of North Las Vegas.

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education

Charter School Development Foundation

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 750

Las Vegas, NV 89169

Classroom Technology Integration

Request Amount: $1,000,000

Agassi Prep has been called a “National Model” among charter schools by the U.S. Department of Education, and strives to provide underserved children in Las Vegas with a quality K-12 education to prepare them for excellence in college and beyond. Funding for this project will allow these underserved children the ability to learn with an innovative curriculum using 21st Century technology.

Clark County School District

5100 West Sahara

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Family Leadership Initiative

Request Amount: $250,000

The Clark County School District is the 5th largest K-12 public school district in the United States, currently serving 309,476 students in 352 schools. Recent cuts to education in Nevada have made it extremely difficult to expand currently successful programs.

Clark County School District

5100 West Sahara

Las Vegas, NV 89146

School for the Highly Gifted

Request Amount: $800,000

Clark County School District

5100 West Sahara

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Education Executive Leadership

Request Amount: $800,000

The mission of Clark County School District's Empowerment Schools is to provide a quality education for all children through a collaborative partnership of students, parents, community members, and staff.

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

888 W. Bonneville Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89106

Equipment

Request Amount: $2,000,000

The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health will see upwards of 15,000 neurocognitive related patient visits a year, and seeks to institute a clinical and research model of care that combines clinical diagnosis, follow-up treatment, imaging, translational and basic research and caregiving services that does not exist any where else in the U.S. It is believed that imaging will play a significant role in better understanding the effects of brain degenerations and how to mitigate and prevent these effects altogether through rigorous and careful studies of those affected today, as well as those at risk for a diagnosis later in life.

College of Southern Nevada

6375 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Online education

Request Amount: $500,000

This project will support the current online offerings at College of Southern Nevada, improve access to online offerings in an effort to meet the demand, improve retention in online courses, and improve the academic success of students enrolled in online courses.

Council for Economic Education (National Project)

122 East 42 Street, Suite 2600

New York, NY 10168

Request Amount: $5,018,625

The Education for Democracy Act programs are among the most cost effective programs supported by the federal government. They effectively promote among students a profound understanding of and commitment to the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy as expressed in such seminal documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address. They also promote students' capacities to participate competently and responsibility in the political life of their communities and the nation.

Easter Seals Southern Nevada

6200 West Oakey Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89146

Integrated child care

Request Amount: $250,000

Easter Seals Southern Nevada is proposing to expand its successful childcare facility in

Southern Nevada to provide care to the children of parents in our Workforce Development programs.

Jewish Federation of Las Vegas

2317 Renaissance Drive

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Las Vegas Senior Lifeline Program

Request Amount: $300,000

Las Vegas Senior Lifeline (LVSL) developed and initiated an innovative community-based supportive services delivery model to empower the community to prevent and solve its own problems; engage and recognize seniors as valued members of the community; and enable seniors to safely and securely age in place with dignity and quality of life. The program would help combat isolation among the older adult population and foster the revitalization of the community's social fabric. Isolation is a leading contributor of mental and physical health problems among seniors.

National Writing Project (National Project)

2105 Bancroft Way, #1042

Berkeley, CA 94720

Request Amount: $26,200,000

NWP provides support for a national infrastructure of more than 200 writing projects sites that serve their local schools and teaching communities with high-quality teacher professional development in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Nevada Cancer Institute

One Breakthrough Way

Las Vegas, NV 89135

Facilities and Equipment

Request Amount: $750,000

It is the goal of the Nevada Cancer Institute, the official cancer institute of the State of Nevada, to ensure all Nevada residents have access to safe and high quality colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Nevada's long-standing dismal CRC screening rate, combined with the devastation of the recent hepatitis-C outbreak in Las Vegas, demonstrate its dire need for a world-class CRC screening facility.

Olive Crest

4435 S. Jones Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 8910

Young Families Program

Request Amount: $400,000

Young Families provides immediate crisis support and then engages the family in a process to increase and improve life skills and capacity for building family relationships, financial security, and workforce success. Young Families focuses on a particularly vulnerable population and will provide the support and capacity building needed to succeed. In stabilizing young families the program helps to prevent child abuse, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse and increase educational achievement and resistance to crime.

Prostate Cancer Resource

216 South 7th Street, Ste. 19

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Prostate Cancer Education and Outreach

Request Amount: $100,000

Prostate Cancer Resource will conduct community outreach to increase knowledge about prostate cancer focusing on signs, symptoms, treatment options and to promote early detection to reduce the high prostate cancer mortality rate especially amongst African-American men.

Public Education Foundation

3360 W. Sahara, Suite 160

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Teacher Exchange Initiative

Request Amount: $550,000

The Teacher EXCHANGE, a re-use resource center for all CCSD teachers, receives donations of reusable materials, office supplies and equipment, surplus materials, computers and furniture from businesses and individuals and provides these resources at no charge to teachers for use in classrooms. The program will be expanded to develop and implement teacher workshops and classes in the areas of math, science, technology and the arts while incorporating valuable environmental lessons and providing professional development for teachers.

Reach Out and Read (National Project)

56 Roland Street, Suite 100 D

Boston, MA 02129

Request Amount: $10,000,000

Reach Out and Read is a national evidence-based school readiness initiative that promotes literacy and language development in infants and preschoolers, targeting children and families living in poverty and under-performing school districts. Fourteen peer-reviewed, published research studies spanning the last two decades clearly demonstrate the impact of the Reach Out and Read model and the importance of promoting early language and literacy skills in preparing children to excel in school. Today, Reach Out and Read serves 3.8 million children annually, but millions more children nationwide do not receive the necessary support and assistance they need to develop these critical skills and enter kindergarten ready to learn. Funding provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by tens of millions of dollars from the private sector and state governments.

Reading Is Fundamental (National Project)

1825 Connecticut Ave. NW

Washington, DC 20009

Request Amount: $25,000,000

Funding will be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Reading Is Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Teach for America (National Project)

315 West 36th Street

New York, NY 10018

Request Amount: $50,000,000

These funds will be used to recruit, select, train and provide professional development to top recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in our nation's highest poverty communities. This funding will set Teach For America on the path to double in size by 2016, with nearly 17,000 teachers positively impacting the achievement levels of more than one million underserved students each year in more than 60 low-income regions in nearly all 50 states. In addition, our more than 52,000 alumni at this scale form a proven pipeline of talented leaders.

The Center for Civic Education (National Project)

5145 Douglas Fir Road

Calabasas, CA 91302

Request Amount: $26,635,625

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

4505 Maryland Parkway # 4022

Las Vegas, NV 89154

Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Request Amount: $500,000

Research supports the effectiveness of early intervention for children with autism. Outcome studies suggest that if a child with autism can acquire language by the age of 5, his or her functional ability will be similar to a child with Asperger syndrome. This outcome can mean the difference between high levels of independence versus severe levels of dependence.

University of Nevada, Reno

MS 117

Reno, NV 89557

Autism Clinic

Request Amount: $150,000

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 1 out of every 150 children are being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Using the CDC prevalence rate of 1 in 150 children applied to the Clark County children's population, there are an estimated 3,461 children in Clark County with ASD. Clark County currently has few resources for children and families overwhelmed with caring for a behaviorally challenging child. High numbers of uninsured children present significant barriers to accessing essential services for special needs children. Data from Families USA 2008 indicates that in Clark County, nearly 16 percent of children under age 17 are without health insurance.

Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease

6600 N. Wingfield Parkway

Sparks, NV 89434

Facilities and equipment

Request Amount: $1,000,000

The purpose of this project is to build and equip a comprehensive research and clinical

outpatient facility to serve patients with Neuro-immune diseases such as ME/CFS, atypical MS, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness and Autism, and to facilitate the immediate transfer of new knowledge to effective patient treatment and physician education through the combined efforts of researchers, clinicians and educators at the medical school campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Military Construction-Veterans Affairs

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

CST READY BLDG

Amount Requested: $8,771,000

This project would house and train the Nevada National Guard Civil Support Team. It is a good use of taxpayer funds because the CST provides immediate response for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and/or Nuclear attack.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Field Maintenance Shop

Amount Requested: $22,998,000

The Field Maintenance Shop to be constructed with these funds would house and train troops of Nevada's National Guard.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Construct CPQC Nellis Small Arms Range Ph 1

Amount Requested: $3,090,000

Modernization of the small arms range complex will provide Southern Nevada Soldiers an Armystandard qualification range. Soldiers currently travel to Ft. Irwin (4 hours) or Fallon NAS (8 hours) to conduct weapons qualification; this would provide them a location for qualification much closer to their bases.

Nevada National Guard

2460 Fairview Dr

Carson City, NV 89701

Construct Readiness Center

Amount Requested: $3,500,000

A specially designed readiness center with cost effective energy efficient mechanical and electrical systems to house the 777th Element Forward Support Company, the 277th Engineer Line Haul Platoon, and the 777th Concrete Team.

Transportaton, Housing and Urban Development

Chabad of Southern Nevada

1261 South Arville Street

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Crisis Assistance, Referrals, and Emergency Services

Amount Requested: $500,000

This project would establish a one-stop crisis assistance, referrals, and emergency food and social services center that will be created through the renovation of a commercial-grade kitchen at the current facility. The center will allow youth and families in crisis to access needed services through an integrated approach.

City of Las Vegas

400 Stewart Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Bus Turnouts, Las Vegas, NV

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

The City is requesting $1 million to construct new bus turnouts on Decatur Boulevard, East Charleston Boulevard, Lamb Boulevard and Pecos Road to enhance pedestrian and driver safety, and to reduce vehicle emissions from traffic backed up behind buses loading and unloading passengers in thru-travel lanes.

City of Las Vegas

400 Stewart Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89101

Post-Foreclosure Family Reestablishment Program

Amount Requested: $450,000

The Post-Foreclosure Family Reestablishment Program seeks to unite government agencies, credit counseling agencies, and community/faith-based partners to create continuum of services targeting foreclosure survivors.

City of Las Vegas
400 Stewart Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Decatur Boulevard/Charleston Boulevard Intersection Improvements, Las Vegas NV
Amount Requested: $962,000
The project will enhance traffic capacity to the 8th busiest intersection (based on traffic volumes) in the city of Las Vegas. Improvements will include minor widening along Decatur to allow for 8 travel lanes (four southbound and 4 northbound), two bus turnouts, dedicated right turn lanes, traffic signal upgrades and ADA improvements, as well as safety improvements for pedestrians.

City of North Las Vegas

2200 Civic Center Drive

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

North Las Vegas Boulevard Improvement Project, North Las Vegas, NV

Amount Requested: $500,000

The project would make roadway improvements along Las Vegas Boulevard between Lake Mead Ave. and Carey Avenue, including median islands, landscaping, asphalt pavement, concrete sidewalks, utility relocations and striping/signage to include dedicated bus/bicycle lanes.

City of North Las Vegas

2200 Civic Center Drive

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

Northern S.T.A.R.S. (Safety Training and Rescue Skills) Safety Village

Amount Requested: $500,000

The main goal of the Safety Village is to provide a dynamic learning environment in North Las Vegas where every child is properly educated on safety practices. The Northern S.T.A.R.S. Safety Village will combine traditional classroom education methods with unique interactive experiences in a realistic child-sized townscape.

Clark County Department of Aviation

5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard

Las Vegas, NV 89111

Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Equipment

Amount Requested: $10,000,000

This project includes purchase of Surveillance Systems Wide Area Multilateration, Distance Measuring Equipment, and VHF/UHF Radio Coverage to increase airport capacity and efficiency.

Nevada Department of Transportation

1263 South Stewart Street

Carson City, NV 89712

I-15 widening, Primm to Resort Corridor, Clark County NV

Amount Requested: $20,000,000

This project will widen I-15 from Tropicana Avenue to Primm Nevada. Project will be constructed in two phases from Tropicana Avenue to Blue Diamond, Blue Diamond to Primm, Nevada. The purpose of the I-15 South capacity expansion project is to mitigate the future impacts of anticipated increase in transportation demand within the Freeway Corridor.

Nevada Department of Transportation

1263 South Stewart Street

Carson City, NV 89712

I-15 corridor study, Nevada

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

The intent of the corridor study is to provide decision makers along Nevada's portion of the corridor an action plan that defines the ultimate lane configuration of I-15 between Los Angeles, California extending north through the Resort Corridor to the I-15/US-95 (Spaghetti Bowl) interchange and ultimately northward on I-15 to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

North 5th Street Super-Arterial Project, North Las Vegas, NV

Amount Requested: $10,000,000

The North 5th Street project will provide a much-needed eight lane super-arterial with bus rapid transit lanes that will connect downtown Las Vegas with North Las Vegas. The project will include high-speed lane miles that will improve mobility and reduce congestion in the region. The project will also provide bus rapid transit lanes for the RTC's ACE Rapid Transit System.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

Western Intermodal Transportation Study

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Funds will be used to compile a comprehensive four state study which reviews the following issues related to high speed rail and its relationship with all modes of transport: cost of construction; costs and benefits; engineering; ridership; passenger travel time reductions; congestions relief benefits; environmental and economic benefits; rights-of-way; alignments; connectivity with urban centers; intermodal integration and compatibility; financial forecasts; sources of funding; and sustainability.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

Southern Nevada Beltway Interchanges

Amount Requested: $20,000,000

This project will fund construction of two vital interchanges (between the southern segment of the Las Vegas Beltway and the airport connector, and the proposed U.S. 95/Las Vegas Beltway Interchange), which will alleviate congestion and improve traffic flow in these areas.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

ACE Boulder Highway Rapid Transit Project

Amount Requested: $10,000,000

The ACE Boulder Highway Bus Rapid Transit project will be a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system operating along a 17-mile corridor with exclusive transit lanes for portions of the routes, stations, transit signal priority technology, passenger shelters, off-board fare collection, and civil infrastructure.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

ACE Sahara Avenue Bus Rapid Transit System

Amount Requested: $10,000,000

This project will consist of a 12 mile segment of a bus rapid transit system on Sahara Avenue. The implementation of this project would further bolster the RTC's efforts to implement a comprehensive bus rapid transit (BRT) network by connecting directly to two other BRT routes, the Las Vegas Monorail, and the Deuce premium double-deck bus service on the Las Vegas Strip.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

600 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 350

Las Vegas, NV 89106

Freeways and Arterial System of Transportation (FAST) Intelligent Transportation Systems, Southern NV

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

The project will install Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology along Interstate 15, including fiber optic cable and communication systems, dynamic message signs, vehicle detection systems, traffic cameras, ramp meters, and system integration software.

Three Square Food Bank

4190 North Pecos Road

Las Vegas, NV 89115

Solar Energy Infrastructure Enhancement

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Three Square proposes to install solar capacity on the rooftops of two warehouses totaling 120,000 square feet. This will serve as a high-profile demonstration project showcasing energy conservation, and will save a minimum of $74,000 per year, equal to the cost of providing 222,000 nutritionally-balanced meals to southern Nevadans in need of hunger-relief.

Surface Transportation Authorization High Priority Project Requests:

Project: Martin Luther King Blvd. - Industrial Road Connector

Recipient: City of Las Vegas

Amount: $20 million

Project: Southern Nevada System-to-System Beltway Interchanges