The Fernley City Council voted at its Dec. 3 meeting to advance the start of the design phase for rehabilitation of several city streets, approving the expenditure of $800,000 in reimbursable funds for this purpose from the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC).
Funds for the rehabilitation design of 6th and 7th Streets and B through G Streets at a cost of $400,000 was approved, moving the design from FY 2029 to this fiscal year.
Also approved were $400,000 in funds for the rehab design of Miller Lane, transitioning the design responsibility for Miller Lane from the Red Hawk Ranch subdivision to the city’s engineering department, according to a staff report.
The transfer of design responsibility for Miller Lane “does not relieve the Red Hawk Ranch subdivision of its obligations under the development agreement, which covers improvements from Main Street to Shadow Lane,” the staff report noted.
The Red Hawk Ranch development agreement, extending along Main Street from Stock Lane to Miller Lane and south to Shadow Lane, was amended by the council in October extending the expiration date for the development’s tentative maps by five years and making other changes.
The Miller Lane design will extend south of Shadow Lane to approximately 200 feet north of Sara Court, according to the staff report.
Advancing the design funds “will enable the city of Fernley to proactively prepare for construction and position these projects for earlier implementation,” the staff report noted, adding that the design will be coordinated with the city’s utilities department for nearby underground utility upgrades to be funded from the utilities budget.
The $800,000 in RTC reimbursement costs were approved by the RTC of Lyon County on November 26. The city currently has an unused RTC reimbursement balance of a little more than $4 million, “and the balance increases annually by an additional $2.5 million,” according to the staff report.
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