APPENDIX D 

Section Two 

Regional Transportation 

Commission Resolution No. 177 

Establishing Guidelines for a 

Commuter Assistance Program. 

Resolution No. 177 

RESOLUTION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION OF CLARK COUNTY ESTABLISHING 

GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 

QUESTION #10 FUNDED COMMUTER INCENTIVE PROJECTS 

AS PART OF ITS COMMUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

WHEREAS, in 1990 Clark County residents approved Ballot Question #10 imposing a 

1/4 % sales tax for transportation purposes within the County of Clark; and 

WHEREAS, in 1991 the Nevada State Legislature passed and the Governor signed 

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enabling legislation authorizing this 114 % sales tax for transportation purposes; and 

WHEREAS, 1 % % of the revenues generated by Ballot Question #10 have been 

designated by the Regional Transportation Commission for commuter assistance efforts designed 

to encourage single occupant vehicle drivers to carpool, vanpool, walk, bicycle, telecommute or 

use public transit to and fiom work to reduce traffic congestion during peak rush hour periods; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Commission has established CAT MATCH Commuter Services 

program including a commuter incentive project, Club Ride, for the purpose of mitigating traffic 

congestion; and 

WHEREAS, the Commission wishes now to establish guidelines for the commuter 

incentive project to help induce ridesharing in the County and to provide a means for fairly 

allocating limited revenues to all eligible participants; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Regional Transportation Commission of Clark County hereby 

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resolves as follows: 
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Section 1 : The following guidelines are hereby established for Club Ride (Members): 

(a) Any Clark County resident in Las Vegas Urbanized Area can register with CAT 

MATCH Commuter Services to receive a list of their commute alternatives, but only Qualified 

Participating Commuters can benefit fiom Club Ride Incentive Program. A Qualified 

Participating Commuter must be engaged in a Rideshare Arrangement for the purpose of 

commuting to a place of employment or a telecommuting work center. A hdeshare 

Arrangement specifically excludes taking children to school and/or day care situations. 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth elsewhere in this Resolution, the following 

incentives are hereby established for Club Ride: 

(1) Prize Drawings - Each month, there will be a prize drawing for anywhere 

fiom 50 to 100 - $100 prizes. Each prize drawing winner will have the prize dollar amount 

credited to their debit card, a Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard . If funds are left over at the 

end of the fiscal year there may be a grand prize drawing for the remaining funds. Club Ride 

members will receive an extra entry for each 6 months they participate. Employees will not 

receive more entries in the prize drawings for participating more days per week, however, CAT 

MATCH asks that commuters use their commute alternatives at least one day a week to help 

clean our air. 

(2) Emergency Ride Home (ERH) - Each month that a Club Ride member uses 

their Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard to log in their commute alternative usage at least once 

a week, qualifies them for their two Emergency Rides Home per year funded by the Regional 

Transportation Commission. Additional ERHs must be paid by the employee or their employer. 

(3) Merchant Discounts - Once Club Ride Members receive their Club Ride 

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MasterCard IncentiveCard they can begin using it right away for discounts at various merchant 

throughout Las Vegas. Club Ride Members will receive a Club Ride Pass Book which explains 

which selected merchants offer discounts to Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard holders. 

(4) Commuter Newsletter - Each month, Club Ride Members will receive a 

newsletter with information on dates of upcoming prize drawings, winners of previous prize 

drawings, tips to improve your commute and save you money, transportation facts, lists of other 

people looking to rideshare, upcoming meetings and events, new developments in the CAT 

MATCH program and at the RTC, CAT MATCH contact information, a list of employers who 

have contributed to the prize drawings. 

/5) Preferential Parking - Carpool and Vanpool vehicles with at least two CAT 

MATCH patrons and Club Ride Pool Parking Permits displayed will qualify for the preferential 

parking spaces. 

(c) All Participating Commuters must live in Las Vegas Urbanized Area. 

(d) All Participating Commuters in Club Ride must be employed by a Participating 

Employer during participation in Club Ride. 

(e) All Prize Drawing Incentives, shall be provided in the form of monetary credit on a 

Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard by the Commission for use anywhere MasterCard is 

accepted. 

(f) A Qualified Participating Commuter must carpool, vanpool, use mass transit, walk, 

bicycle or telecommute to work at any time of day a minimum of one day a week or four days a 

month by an alternative mode of transportation to qualify. 
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Section 2: The following guidelines are hereby established for Club Ride Employers 

to encourage their involvement in employee trip reduction measures: 

(a) All Participating Employers must sign a statement of participation. 

(b) Appoint a Transportation Coordinator to act as a liaison between the Club Ride 

Employer and the Regional ~rans~ortation Commission. 

(c) Survey their employees to determine their baseline employee commute patterns prior 

to implementing the incentive program. 

(d) Submit a worksite alternative commute plan listing the strategies that they will 

implement. 

(e) Providelpurchase a verifone machine to monitor participation in the progam and 

assist/administer the Club Ride Incentive Program. Employers with less than 50 employees have 

the option of tracking employee participation and administering Club Ride Incentive Progam 

throu$ the use of scannable forms. during participation in Club Ride. 

(f) Set aside preferential parking for car/vanpools that is shaded andlor closer to the 

building. RTC will provide adequate parking signs and hang tags to Participating Employers. 

(g) Provide all new employees with alternative commute information during the 

orientation process. 

(h) Allow space for a commuter bulletin board. 

Section3: Definitions. As used in this resolution, the following phrases shall have the 

following meanings: 

(a) "Carpool" shall mean two or more persons commuting on a daily basis to and from 

work by means of a vehicle with a seating arrangement designed to seat less than seven adults, 
including the driver. 

(b) "Club Ride" means the incentive program described in Section 1 of this resolution. 

(c) "Incentive" means prize drawings awarded to a Qualified Participating Commuter, 

provided under this resolution for the purpose of including eligible commuters to join Rideshare 

Arrangements or otherwise participate in the Commuter Incentive program or other comparable 

project. 

(d) "Qualified Participating Commuter" means a commuter currently participating in the 

Commuter Incentive Program, who commutes at least 4 days per month to a place of 

employment or a telecommuting work center by means of a alternate commute mode, e.g, 

carpools, vanpools, transit, walking, biking or telecommuting and is registered with the Club 

Ride Incentive Program. 

(e) "Participating Employer" shall mean any employer which has executed an agreement 

with the Commission for participation in the Club Ride Incentive Program. 

(9 "Rideshare Arrangement" shall mean the transportation of two or more working adults 

in a motor vehicle. The term includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools as 

well as utilizing public mass transit services. In addition, persons walking, bicycling, or 

telecommuting shall also be deemed to be participants in a Rideshare Arrangement. 

(g) "Vanpooll' means seven or more persons commuting on a daily basis to and from 

work by means of a vehicle with seating arrangements desiped to carry seven to fifteen adults, 

including the driver. 

(h) "Las Vegas Urbanized Area" shall have the same meaning as the metropolitan 

planning area defined by the Commission, with public input by local, state and federal asencies 

and citizens. 
Section 4: The Director of the Commission is hereby authorized to take those steps 

necessary and proper to implement the Club Ride Incentive Program. The Director may, in his 

discretion, establish additional rules and regulation for the Club Ride Incentive Program as well 

as prescribe in writing qualification requirements and incentives for the Club Ride Incentive 

program which differ from those established herein. 

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10' day of June, 1999 -- 

LLdJBruce Woodbury, Chair 

Regional Transportation Commission of Clark County 

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Attest: ;.' i 

Witness ,/