# 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#10FUNDEDCOMMUTERINCENTIVE PROJECTS AS PART OF ITS COMMUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHEREAS, in 1990Clark County residents approved Ballot Question #10 imposing a 1/4% 

### sales tax for transportation purposes within the County of Clark; and WHEREAS, in 

### 1991theNevada State Legislature passed and the Governor signed

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### enabling legislation authorizing this 114% 

### sales tax for transportation purposes; and WHEREAS, 1% % 

### ofthe 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 ofmitigating 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:

### .- 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 Commuterscan benefit fiom Club Ride Incentive Program. A 

### Qualified Participating Commutermust be engaged in a RideshareArrangement for the purpose of commuting to a place ofemployment or a telecommutingwork center. A 

### hdeshare Arrangement specifically excludes taking childrento school and/orday care situations. (b) Subjectto the limitations set forth elsewhere in this Resolution,the following incentivesarehereby established for Club Ride: (1) Prize Drawings 

### - Each month, there will be a prize drawing for anywhere fiom 50 to 100

### - $100prizes. Each prize drawing winner will have the prize dollar amount creditedto their debit card, a Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard

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### If funds are left over at the end ofthe 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 commutersuse 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 IncentiveCardto 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 2

### .- 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 ofupcoming prize drawings, winners ofprevious 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, CATMATCH 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, shallbe provided in the form ofmonetary credit on a Club Ride MasterCard IncentiveCard by the Commission for use anywhereMasterCard is accepted. 

### (f) A Qualified Participating Commuter must carpool, vanpool, use mass transit, walk, bicycle ortelecommute to work at any time ofday a minimum of one day a week or four days a month by an alternative mode oftransportationto qualify..- Section 2: The following guidelinesare hereby established for Club Ride Employers to encourage their involvement in employeetrip reduction measures: 

### (a) All Participating Employers must sign a statementofparticipation. 

### (b) Appoint a Transportation Coordinator to act as a liaison between the Club Ride Employer and the Regional ~rans~ortation Commission. (c) Surveytheir employees to determine their baseline employee commute patterns prior to implementing the incentive program. (d) Submit a worksite alternative commute plan listingthe strategiesthat they will implement. (e) Providelpurchase a verifone machine to monitorparticipation in the progam and assist/administer the Club Ride IncentiveProgram. 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. duringparticipation in Club Ride. (f) Set aside preferential parking for car/vanpoolsthat 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 incentiveprogram describedin Section 1 ofthis resolution. (c) "Incentive" means prize drawings awarded to a Qualified Participating Commuter, provided under this resolution forthe purpose of including eligible commuters to join Rideshare Arrangements or otherwise participatein 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 telecommutingand is registered 

### with the Club Ride Incentive Program. (e) "Participating Employer" shall mean any employer which has executed an agreement with the Commission for participationin the Club Ride Incentive Program. 

## (9"Rideshare Arrangement" shall mean the transportation oftwo 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 desipedto 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 ofthe Commission is hereby authorized to take those steps necessary and proper to implement the Club Ride Incentive Program. The Director may, inhis 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 ofJune, 

### 1999 

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# LLdJBruce Woodbury, Chair Regional Transportation Commission ofClark County

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