The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the City of Las Vegas Department of Fire and Rescue received approval of their proposed 96KSF Red Rock Communication Center during the Las Vegas Planning Commission’s Sept. 9 meeting.
The application lists the United States as the property owner, with the City of Las Vegas leasing the property. Tactical Design Nevada PC is serving as both the architect and representative. SLA Land Architects is the landscape architect.
FEA Engineering Consultants is the M/E/P engineer, Olympic Engineering is the structural engineer and Wood Rogers, Inc. is the civil engineer.
The two-story communication center is to be constructed on a 66.3-acre plot of federally owned land near the NEC of Rome Blvd. and Shaumber Road. In addition to the 96KSF building, two 100-foot-tall communication towers are planned. The building will total 55 feet in height.
Plans also include the implementation of eight-foot-wide walking paths with dedicated cooling shelters. Parking will be incorporated through a covered surface parking lot.
Access to the site will be provided via a gated entrance off Deer Springs Way, just east of Shaumber Road. An additional employee- and emergency-only access gate will be incorporated near the Rome Blvd. and Larry McBryde Street intersection.
According to the justification letter prepared by Tactical Design Nevada, “The primary objective of the Red Rock Communication Center is to integrate emergency call-taking and dispatch services for both LVMPD and the Las Vegas Fire Combined Communications Center within a single facility. By centralizing these critical functions, we will streamline communication, improve coordination between agencies, and significantly reduce emergency response times, ultimately enhancing public safety.”
The justification goes on to say the facility is designed to allow for future additions and expansions to meet oncoming demands.
The LVMPD prepared a letter that noted the area contains a number of deferred street improvement projects that will need to be completed. The letter went on to say that if the street projects continue to be deferred past the construction of the RRCC, the LVMPD will fund the construction of half-street improvements along Deer Springs Way near the northern border of the parcel.
Additionally, the LVMPD will fund the half-street improvements at the eastern end of Larry McBride Street. The police department will also finish the south half of the street cul-de-sac on Bath Drive.
The RRCCwill be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
