NRS 338.159 Alternative methods: Submission of request to public body; contents of request.

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1. A person may submit a request to a public body to design, finance, lease, repair, acquire, extend, expand, plan, equip, replace, develop, construct, improve, maintain or operate, or any combination thereof, a transportation facility.

2. The request must be accompanied by the following information:

(a)A topographic map indicating the location of the transportation facility.

(b)A description of the transportation facility, including, without limitation, the conceptual design of the transportation facility.

(c)The projected total cost of the transportation facility over its life and the proposed date for the development of or the commencement of the construction of, or improvements to, the transportation facility.

(d)A statement setting forth the method by which the person submitting the request proposes to secure all property interests required for the transportation facility. The statement must include, without limitation:

(1)The names and addresses, if known, of the current owners of any property needed for the transportation facility;

(2)The nature of the property interests to be acquired; and

(3)Any property that the person submitting the request proposes that the public body condemn.

(e)A list of all permits and approvals required for the development or construction of or improvement to the transportation facility from local, state or federal agencies and a projected schedule for obtaining those permits and approvals.

(f)A statement setting forth the general plans of the person submitting the request for financing and operating the transportation facility, which must include, without limitation:

(1)A plan for the development, financing and operation of the transportation facility, including, without limitation, an indication of the proposed sources of money for the development and operation of the transportation facility, the anticipated use of such money and the anticipated schedule for the receipt of such money;

(2)A list of any assumptions made by the person about the anticipated use of the transportation facility, including, without limitation, the fees that will be charged for the use of the transportation facility, and a discussion of those assumptions;

(3)The identification of any risk factors identified by the person that are associated with developing, constructing or improving the transportation facility and the plan for addressing those risk factors;

(4)The identification of any local, state or federal resources that the person anticipates requesting for development and operation of the transportation facility, including, without limitation, an anticipated schedule for the receipt of those resources and the effect of those resources on any statewide or regional program for the improvement of transportation; and

(5)The identification and analysis of any costs or benefits associated with the proposed transportation facility, performed by a professional engineer who is licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS.

(g)The names and addresses of the persons who may be contacted for further information concerning the request.

(h)Any additional material and information that the public body may request.

3. The request must also include:

(a)Information relating to the current transportation plans, if any, of any governmental entity in the jurisdiction of which any portion of the transportation facility is located.

(b)A list of the facilities of any utility or existing transportation facility that will be impacted by the transportation facility and a statement of the plans of the person submitting the request to accommodate such crossings.