City Council - Regular Meeting

A summer.

Are we ready, Summer? Let's get this show on the road. All righty. I am going to call this Moab City Council meeting to order on June 9th, 2026 at 6.02 p.m. And Caitlin, would you please lead us in pledge tonight? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

All right. We are going to start with public comments this evening. I've got several folks that have filled out this form. If you want to speak, if you could pick up one of these forms and fill it out for me. And you have three minutes. And please state your name for the record. And we'll start with you, Sarah. Thank you.

I have my phone here.

Okay. Well, I want to see how much time I'm going to freak you all out. I'm not going to mention the R word. Oh, not today. I'll save that for later. I did want to talk a little bit about what I've been able to do with your investment in us for the first nine days of the month and helping people in need. We have spent $4,764 and 22 cents in nine days. And the day isn't over yet. The police might call me later, but, um, Food was 140. Lodging, and it was four different people, all happened to be women that were homeless, was 800. Rental assistance, 2,461. Utilities, 560.76. And our gas vouchers from last month were 802.46. And a lot of those were people had to go to doctor appointments, some in Salt Lake, some in Junction. The utilities were high because one of them was for a guy.

Sorry.

A guy reclaiming my time. A guy who's in hospice. He doesn't have very long to live. He didn't have anything to watch. So we had to cable time. We're going for him. 80 year old woman decided to move out of her apartment thinking she could save enough money so she could eat and have an apartment or eat and put gas in her car. It worked during the winter, but come summer, her vehicle malfunctioned, no air conditioning. She was very stuck out on the street. We put her up. We moved heaven and earth with housing authority and other people. And she got into an apartment and it was going to be a two week delay. And So many people came together to do whatever they could to make her be able to move in much quicker. So she's happily in an apartment. She's very relieved. She looks like she's gonna live, but I didn't think she was going to. And that's why our cooling center is really important that we could have happened at the library, but it will take a little bit of doing. Another was a young couple worked really hard to get themselves together, both working hard. Over 3000 to move in and they had to pay an old bill from Walnut Lane for gas. So I helped them with some of the moving money. She's about to have a baby, maybe as we're speaking. But in my 20 seconds, I just want to say nothing is more painful to me. And my beloved place where I wanted to live till my last days was the flipping noise. It's ungodly, it's unhealthy. And there's only one thing stopping it is greed. And it's just not healthy for anyone. Thank you.

Thanks, Sarah. Okay, Bill. Billy.

Good evening. You know me. My name is Bill Agee. I live on Mill Creek Drive, and I'm asking you to approve the proposed 20-mile-an-hour speed reductions and preserve the 15-mile-an-hour PTV OHV limits based on Ordinance 2020-15. If deemed appropriate, please defer any repeal decision until the legal factual record has been fully reviewed. This includes the opportunity to see and respond to Council Members Meyer's community service regarding OHV noise. First, on agenda item 5.7, I support the proposed reduction of 25 to 20 miles an hour on the residential streets identified by the city. This is a measured and reasonable step that can reduce noise exposure while improving safety for residents, pedestrians, cyclists. We are really grateful if you could do that. Second, Agenda Item 5.6, I urge you not to repeal Ordinance 2020-15, which limits street legal ATVs and OHVs to 15 miles an hour within the city limits. The ordinance was adopted in response to persistent community concerns, and it remains a reasonable tool for addressing noise, quality of life, and the residential areas. This issue has remained unresolved for years, which suggests it is not a lack of community concern, but a combination of implementation challenges and regulatory uncertainty. The barriers are understandable, but they are better addressed through clarification, alignment, and enforcement than through the repeal of an existing mitigating measure. If a sticker that reads all terrain versus all off-highway offers clarification, then let's just do it. There is uncertainty about legal enforcement implementation. And that is a reason to pause for review, not to rescind the ordinance. I'm hopeful that the letter and legal opinion I paid for, I submitted last week, last Friday, written by Christine Sloan of the Sloan Law Firm is worthy of such a pause for review. In short, I urge you to approve the proposed 20 mile an hour speed reductions. It must be tested out on Mill Creek. and preserve the 15 mile an hour ATV OHV limit on ordinance 2020-15 and defer any repeal decision until the legal factual record has been fully reviewed. This course of action is actually in the council's best interest as it projects a measured and defensible solution and is most likely to earn the confidence of the community that you serve. We just want the best answer. Thank you.

Thanks, Bill. Thank you, Bill. Pete.

My name is Pete Gross. First of all, I want to comment that just walking into the room here is such a pleasant, cooperative, fun atmosphere. Quite a contrast from the other meetings that I seem to go more often to because there's a lot to advise them on. I think you guys know what I'm talking about. I'd like to echo what Bill just said. I live about 9 or 10 times the distance he does from Mill Creek Drive, and the noise drives me nuts at all hours, as I mentioned in a letter to you recently. And, and also I want to thank you for, you know, addressing the noise issue, at least, you know, making it part of the dialogue. Also, I want to echo Jason. Thank you for asking again, has there been a single noise ordinance violation citation, which I don't think there has been. I think you asked that last time I came here. So relating to that, I also understand how challenging it can be to capture specific vehicle and also measure the noise. There's a company I think I've mentioned in a previous email or two. There's a company out of the UK. I think they've changed their name, but they sell or rent acoustic noise cameras that will take photos. They can do just like, you know, the speed radar things that will actually capture a vehicle. And they can also single out. They can tell where the noise comes from. It's kind of interesting, too, to think, you know, the human ear. you know, you hear a noise, you know, you automatically have an idea where it comes from because there's a time lag between when it reaches one ear and the other. And that is enough for us to figure out, oh, it came from that direction. And that's how they do it. It also makes sense that they could single it out. A couple of, oh, one thing I would be willing to do as much looking into acoustic cameras, if that's, if that's, you know, an option you'd be willing to consider. And I'd like to point out that there have been, they've been, um, installed in various places around the country in nashville tennessee miami florida half a dozen in california i forgot the other thing about them is they can work 24 hours a day they don't have to take a lunch break they don't have to go to sleep at night and that's something and they aren't wouldn't be taking away from law enforcement some good locations i think would be dave's corner market middle creek and sand flats maybe mob cycle on main street or somewhere similar South Maverick. I was standing in front of City Market last night near closing time talking to one of the guys there and this really loud vehicle goes by and I made some comments sort of half in jest but his response was It's the same guys every night. And that's kind of echoes what I probably suspect. Anyway, I probably, I guess I haven't reached my 15 second mark, but I don't need to take up any more time. Thank you for all you do. Thank you for such a friendly atmosphere. It really is more fun here than at the county.

All right. Saving the best for last, my predecessor, former mayor, Emily Niehaus.

Well, Emily Niehaus, Focus Lane. I echo what Bill said. I do support reducing speed limits throughout the city to 20. Do it all. Do them all. I also personally would love to see the ordinance stay in place with the differentiated speed limits.

Now,

I have the pleasure of sitting on this side of the dais tonight, and I can be a person, a citizen, and I don't have to balance my approach. And I can say that I really do see a noise difference with a slower OHV ATV. It's a tool in the toolbox, so I'd hate to throw a tool away. Now, having said that, what I'm really excited to comment on tonight is the amendment to the agenda that Mayor Joette, that you added to the agenda regarding pride and the pride proclamation. When I think about things that matter to me and You know, the policy around speed limits, as you all know, does matter to me. When I zoom out and think of the big picture of the health and the safety and the welfare of our community, a proclamation like this goes a long way. And so I want to say a big heart thank you to you for making the proclamation, adding it to the agenda, and to all of you for serving on this council. Thank you.

Thank you, Emily. Oh, no problem. Yeah, we don't allow that. That's too much. That's too fun. Okay, anybody else? All right. We will close the public comment section and we will move on to the department update with Chief Bell presenting on the Citizens Academy that Miles was able to participate in.

Yes.

Thank you, Council Mayor. I brought with me Rachel Mundell. She was one of our students who attended the Citizens Academy. And what I wanted to do, if I can get this to share. Now I gotta find what I'm looking for. I was gonna play some slides in the background, but if that doesn't work, that doesn't work. All right. Yeah, I just don't have the thing up. There it is. Yeah.

There it was.

There it was. What were we looking at? I had my computer crashed on me, of course, immediately prior to this. So I don't think that's the one. There it is. OK. If I can get this to work, then I'll switch back over. Sorry. yeah okay i think it's working uh i just wanted these to go in the background so what i wanted to do is just talk while while these pictures go through tell you a little bit about what our experience was with it. We were able to have a six-week Citizen Academy, three hours a night on a Wednesday starting April 22nd. And the first class, we did a jail tour. We, of course, introduced everybody to each other, had an awesome team of 22 participants, two high school students up to folks who are ready to retire, and I think one or two who have retired. Long-time residents, short-time residents, just a really diverse group of people.

Yeah, you can- What else?

You might recognize some people at these forums here. We put them through some very stressful situations because of the length of time that we had. We didn't give them a whole lot of instruction other than what they needed to know to be safe. But we exposed them to a great deal of things, trying to get them to peel back the curtain and see what we do on the other side of things and explain things to them. Looks good right there. The biggest thing that we took out of this, and I'll read a couple reviews, of course, that I left back there because my computer wasn't working later. And I'll let Rachel talk in the meantime. But everybody that participated almost unanimously said, I wish it was longer. We thought six weeks was a stretch. We also wanted to maybe have 15 people sign up and do the academy class. We ended up with 22 that were in the class and had to turn down a couple. Everybody wants at least eight weeks next time. And that is the plan. What we can do when we do that is just more classroom stuff. But I'm going to let Rachel tell you about her experience while I go grab the piece of paper that I forgot while trying to fix my computer. And go ahead and take the mic and do your thing.

Hi, I'm Rachel. So I had never heard of anything like the Citizens Academy until I read about it in the in the newspaper. And when I was considering, you know, should I apply? Should I not apply? I was realizing that I didn't know really much of anything about law enforcement, except for, you know, you see them patrolling around. But I didn't know anything about like their day to day behind the scenes, anything like that. So for me, The class was an opportunity to kind of get more face to face with something that was unknown to me and also honestly kind of intimidating. I didn't really know anyone in law enforcement, so just the concept was a little intimidating. So that's what my favorite part of the program was getting to know the officers more on an individual basis. Everyone showed a lot of integrity, transparency, compassion, and a sense of humor. And they took the time to answer all of our questions. And notably for me, even the difficult questions, there was a handful of questions that I thought for them might be a little difficult to answer or maybe uncomfortable. And they took time to sensibly answer everything for us. and um you know before the program i was always nervous if a cop would be driving behind me even if i was not doing anything wrong but now i don't feel that way anymore i don't have that feeling now it's just um you know i just look and i just say oh there's officer so and so and i hope they're having a good day i hope they're being safe i hope you know that everyone is being decent to them And it was clear to me throughout the class that the police department works really, really hard for us to be a good part of the, a positive part of the community. And I think they're a really great example of what other police departments can do for their communities. And also, if more people could get involved in classes like this, whether in Moab or just any other police department, I think it'd be a great way to kind of break down that intimidation barrier between just regular folks and law enforcement. So thank you guys for all your hard work, for everything. I really enjoyed the class.

What a great report. Thank you. Yeah.

Thanks. Rachel earned the nickname Deadpool for me, though, I guess. And it's not her behavior or language. It was she rides a motorcycle. She wears an outfit that completely covers her body with these goggles. She pulled up and I was like, she looks like Deadpool. She also missed one of the weeks, was run off of the highway. near the LaSalle Pass on her motorcycle and walked away with a couple of scratches.

Nothing too bad.

Thank you for watching out for her on that one. Wanted to read two other quick reviews if we have time. And I just copied them directly how they were written. I cannot speak highly enough of this experience coming from a professional background where I understand the rigors of the Utah teacher evaluation system. I was looking at this academy through a lens of instructional quality. Officer Bowles demonstrated explicit teaching and coaching techniques that would rival any professional sports coach. If I were evaluating him professionally, he would receive straight fours, the highest possible marks. It is incredibly heartening to see such a professional discipline system being established in Moab. The days of the good old boys winging it are clearly over, replaced by officers who possess deep technical knowledge and a commitment to high standards. From Chief Bell's leadership to the expertise of Captain Hackwell and Officer Reisenhover, Sergeant Reisenhover, the caliber of the team is impressive. I also want to express my gratitude for the hospitality. Providing dinner each week was a very thoughtful touch that didn't go unnoticed. created a welcoming environment, made it easier to engage with the serious topics we've covered. The Academy has changed how I view my community and the officers who protect it. Whether it was sobering tour of the cramped, outdated jail facilities or the literal shock of the taser, I walked away with a profound respect for the muscle memory and split-second decision-making requirements in this profession. As the mother of a detective, I feel I have a much better handle on the reality of the job. I can only hope that my son's training is being done as well as what I've seen going on in this department. As a citizen of Moab, I feel proud of the direction of our police department is heading. Also, thank you for coming to HMK's field day. It was a highlight for many students to tip a bucket of bowl of water on the cheap. That was fun, but it was cold. Next one, my thoughts on this program are those of being grateful to have the opportunity to take a hands-on take on hands-on activities and get to know everyone on the force that helped to make this happen and to see how thoughtful and passionate they are to their job. They were some of the most down to earth, humble people, but also respectful and knowledgeable with a sense of humility. And I feel much, much better about the safety of this community. I feel like I can sleep better at night seeing the care and concern and values that they uphold. I love the transparency they give. I feel like everyone, anyone at any time can feel comfortable asking about cares or concerns about this community. and they would have a listening ear to the concerns at hand. I know that they are right where they need to be in Moab, and Moab is lucky to have these individuals. I'm excited to tell everyone about the chief and his crew and my interactions, and I'm truly humbled by this experience. I think this is the best foreseeable future of the Moab Police Department that we have had, and I've been a Moab resident for over 30 years and have seen the overturn. But I can confidently say this town is lucky to have them. So that's pretty awesome feedback for us. take a lot more time there are videos we're going to put something together with the city i think and release some more um yeah sorry it's cycling through let's kill this stop sharing um can we see that picture of miles again I will send them to you. I'll send them to you. That's everything. Any questions for myself or Rachel or Miles since he graduated as well?

I made a comment last meeting about it and I'll reiterate shortly. It was a wonderful experience. It was quite eye-opening to get to know what our officers deal with on a day-to-day, and it was fantastic to see the professionalism and dedication that each of them bring to their jobs. I want to, again, thank Chief Lex for bringing the idea of doing this in the first place to our community. The fact that a little police force like ours does this, I think, is fantastic. And then, of course, Assistant Chief Blanton, and Sergeant Risenhover and Sergeant Bowles. Sergeant Bowles, in particular, I know put a lot of his heart and soul into that program and it really showed. And so I just, I really want to thank everyone involved and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Great. Anything else?

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Rachel. Thank you. All right, moving on. Item four, consent agenda. We have three items. Approval of the minutes from May 26, 2026, regular meeting. Approval of the bills against the city of Moab in the amount of $404,129.33 in the Pride Month Proclamation, which I'm going to read. This is the LGBTQ Plus Pride Month Proclamation for 2026. Whereas June marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, which served as a catalyst for the modern LGBTQ plus rights movement in the celebration of Pride Month in the United States. And whereas Pride Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the history, resilience, achievements, and contributions of LGBTQ plus people in the city of Moab, while also recognizing the ongoing work necessary to address the struggles and injustice faced by LGBTQ plus people and to promote understanding, acceptance, and belonging for all people in the Moab community. And whereas we embrace and celebrate our individual identities and our commonalities, I urge the Moab community to unite in solidarity and common purpose to celebrate the diversity, shared humanity, and the civil rights of all people. And whereas the city of Moab strives to reflect the values and identities of the community it serves and celebrates the LGBTQ plus elected officials, employees, volunteers, and community partners who work in service to the community. And whereas organizations such as Moab Pride have worked for many years to foster visibility, connection, education, and support for LGBTQ plus residents, and visitors particularly including LBGT plus Q plus youth and young adults. Whereas values such as faith, family, patriotism, and community involvement, morality, religion, or the pursuit of fidelity are not limited to any one identity, but whether our values that are reflected in many forms of loving and committed relationships that make up the social, cultural, and economic fabric of the Moab community. Now therefore, I, Joette Langanese, Mayor of the City of Moab, and on behalf of the City Council, do hereby proclaim June 2026 is LGBTQ Plus Pride Month in the City of Moab and honor the week of September 14-2026 as Moab Pride Week. I encourage all residents to celebrate the diversity of people who enrich our community. and to learn about the history and contributions of LGBTQ plus people, to support one another with kindness and respect, and to continue building the city where every person has the opportunity to belong, thrive, and participate fully in a civic life. There you go. All right, motion to approve.

motion to approve the consent agenda i can second that joey discussion caitlyn Yeah, I wanna say thank you to some Pride representatives for being here and for the opportunity to help put together this proclamation. Happy Pride, I was gonna make a comment on this either way. And so it was meaningful to be able to help write this. I think for me to be up here as an openly queer person in this community, sometimes feels really scary. And so it's an honor to be able to represent that part of our community. loudly and proudly and with lots of joy. And yeah, I just want to thank the organizers for everything you do, especially for queer and trans youths in our community. It goes a long way. I think that you are making the community more open for more people to be able to explore who they are, regardless of what that looks like. And I think that fidelity is something that queer people find in a really unique way. And I think chosen family and Faith and belonging and community involvement looks very different. But all of those values are still the same. They're not mutually exclusive. I think we can celebrate all together. So thank you.

Thank you, Caitlin.

Colin? Just thank you for bringing this before us and giving us the opportunity to support it. Appreciate it.

Great. Anybody else?

I just have a general question. The agenda's changed? Does it matter?

We did an addendum. You probably missed that.

Okay. Okay. That was just it. Thank you. It was on the agenda website, and it's not on there.

It's the next one.

It's the one that I'm going to get on, yeah. So, yeah, we did change it. That's all right. Do you have anything else you'd like to say? No, that was ours.

Yeah. Making sure it's looking bright stuff.

Okay, good. All right. We have a motion by Caitlin, second by Colin. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion of the consent agenda passes five to zero. And let me know about Pride Week in September. I'd love to come and join you again. If you'd like to have me there. Yeah, great. Remind me though, because I'll probably forget by then.

Oh my gosh.

Well, I think I'll just say hello. I'm watching you guys. We'll get her out there. Caitlin, you guys cue me up because I won't remember. Relay.

I'm into that. Is it in the morning? Yes. I won't be in the running mood.

You can do it. All right. Let's move on to general business.

We've got...

We've got a public hearing for Resolution 10-2026, a resolution amending the fiscal year 2025-26 budget. But we're going to postpone this item because we may not have an amended agenda that we need to approve. So unless somebody wants to speak to this item, I'm going to ask for a motion to postpone the public hearing, if needed, till our next meeting on June 23rd.

I motion to, do you want both of them to postpone?

No, we're going to discuss. We're going to have, I want you guys to hear what's going on with the budget, but we won't take any action. Okay, we're just postponing 5.1.

I motion to postpone item 5.1 to the next meeting.

Second. Motion by Caitlin, second by Miles. Any discussion, Caitlin? Nope. Miles? Nope. Anybody else? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. All right. Now we have a discussion of the 25-26 year-end budget, and we don't need to consider this tonight. Do you want me to table this?

No, I want to go through this.

And so, anyway, Michael, take it away. Okay.

Thanks for doing that. I will go through the year-end budget and all of our estimates for the year-end budget and show you where we are. In my staff report, I pointed out that this is something that we do every year. It's one of our policies that our auditors have asked us to do to have a year-end budget amendment. So we schedule these things, but if we don't need it, there's no reason to do it. And I'll show you just starting with... starting with the end of year revenue versus expenses. And when you're looking at this, anything over 100% is good. That means the revenues came in are estimated at the end of the year to be higher than what the estimated expenses are to be at the end of the year. For example, In the general fund, we expect revenues to be 8.31% higher than what the expenses are. That's about $1.6 million, all of which we have planned to roll over into the coming fiscal year. A lot of that has to do with projects that weren't completed, different things that we planned on doing in this fiscal year that will be done in the next fiscal year. So that'll roll forward. Overall, if you look at every single one of our funds, we're about 17%, 18% ahead of our expenses. Now, a lot of that has to do with projects that were planned on being completed but are not going to be completed this year. It doesn't mean... that we don't need the money per se. It's that we weren't able to get to the point where we were able to spend that money this year. Most of the money is tied up or most of the savings, if you will, are in the enterprise funds and all of the other funds, especially the CIP fund, which is about $2 million less than what we anticipated spending. So there's a big chunk of it that comes from them there. And obviously the general fund, like I just explained. The graph next door to the chart is just a visual representation of how that looks. Obviously, if you look at the information below, the dark line is revenues. We want those points to be higher than the light line, which is the estimates for revenues. the expenses. So that's where we are right now. I think I had a circle that'll pop up there. So things are looking good. Now I did start two of the funds, the recreation fund and the housing fund. The recreation fund is very, very close. to its budgeted amount. I mean, we're right out 100%. We are evaluating that fund to see if there's anything that we need to do in order to, if there's any changes that need to be made, which is why we asked you to look at postponing or tabling the public hearing until next meeting in case we need to do that. Just some of the things that we're looking at is to make sure that we didn't charge anything to that fund that could have been or should have been charged to the capital improvement plan, things like that, where we could reduce some expenses based on where things were charged and if they were inadvertently charged to that fund when they could have been charged somewhere else. Personnel is right in line. Personnel is not the reason why they're bumping up against it. I think it has more to do with Well, we'll report on that next week if that's necessary. The one below it is the housing fund. And the housing fund, we did expend some funds from there with some of the programs that were implemented this year. There was a plan for a new hotel to come in, which would have brought in Wahoo money. We know how much that is. We have an agreement with them and all of that. They have not submitted yet. I do not think they're going to submit or pay that Wahoo money before the end of the year. So they will pay, that'll be in the next year. They are moving forward with that development and there isn't one more hotel development that is in the, in the wings that is starting to be looked at in the area, which, which does, which could come in under the, under the moratorium or the, Well, the moratorium, I guess, for hotels within the city. So that would also bring in Wahoo money is my point. So in that case, if we do not get the money before the end of the month, we may have to look at amending that just a little bit to pull some money out of the fund, which we talked about when we did expend the money, there was money in there to do that. And the money for the waivers was accounted for in the fund, not in future revenues. Yeah. So those are the two areas that we're looking at. As you can see, all the other ones are doing well or very well. The next thing I wanted to show you is the tourism-related tax collection. And these are three categories of taxes that are most related to tourism and fluctuate based on tourism. So you've got the resort community tax, you've got sales tax, and you've got transient room tax. And as you can see here, all of these are coming in higher, around 6% for most of them, for two of them, 7% for one of them than the year before. I've reported this before, but we've had quite a strong winter, and it has a lot to do with weather, obviously. It probably has everything to do with weather, but we did have a strong winter and a very strong spring. We have one more month of collection that's coming up, and if that collection comes in just at... If the June collection or the June payment comes in just at what we received last year, so 100% of what we received last year for the same month, then all of these numbers will be true. That's the only portion of this that is estimated is that June figure, and we estimated just break even. So as you can see here, things are looking good with tourism-related tax, which is a bonus for us. Obviously, a lot of it has to do with things that are out of our hands, but our community was able to handle it, and we did bring in more people over that season than we generally do, so which is good news.

Michael, how do you tease out that sales tax figure related to tourism versus locals?

Well, sales tax is obviously influenced by both, but I included in there because it's a lot of it does have to do with fluctuations in sales tax has more to do with visitation than locals. Locals are probably pretty consistent about spending. And then we see the fluctuations when we see tourism increase. But yeah, 100% of that is certainly not tourism. But I think when we look at the fluctuations, that's what we're looking at. So the last thing I wanted to show you was capital improvement plan project spending. And we spent about $7.5 million of a $9.5 million budget, which I think is really good. That means we got some projects accomplished this year. And I wanted to show you where those projects were, what categories those projects were. So streets projects, which... include finishing up Cane Creek, which was about a million dollars, and then also the 100 East and Uranium project, and then sidewalks, the new sidewalks we're putting in, which we've spent about $300,000 there, equal about $5 million, the majority of what was spent in the capital improvement plan. Other projects that were completed were the facilities projects, which had to do with McKinstry and the energy projects that we worked on and getting our buildings up to snuff, I guess, with our energy efficiency. And then there's some parks and rec projects, which were equal about...

How come that pie is so much smaller? That's wrong. It's actually $186,000.70.

I apologize for that. Let me just... I can't fix it right now. That's why it was. It's actually $186,000. We added a couple zeros to that. And then miscellaneous projects was $137,000. So that's where the money is being spent. The pie size is correct. That number is just a little bit off. That's a typo. So... That was what I wanted to present to you. Things are looking really good as far as the budget's concerned. We don't have any major concerns as far as ending the year and doing major changes to the budget. Revenues are going to come in higher than expenses. Expenses are going to be lower than what we budgeted for the most part. And I think we just need to look at those two funds and we will know by the end of the week whether or not we're going to need to do an amendment on those or talking to our CPAs and looking internally to see what we can do on those.

Questions for Michael?

All right. Those Like the taxes, I think they kind of follow the same as like what the county's seeing too, which I think that's great.

All right. We don't have to take any action on this tonight because there's no action to be taken on anything. So if we do need to amend the budget, we'll have a public hearing at our next meeting and consideration. If we don't, we won't see this again. We will get an update on the final budget numbers though.

Yeah. That park's number was $113,216. thank you uh the one one eight six seven was actually just a copy and paste from so it was 113 to 16 thanks for that michael yeah

All right, moving on to item 5.3, consideration of a contract award to the river restoration in the amount of $198,407 for the Lions Park River Access Feasibility Study. And Patrick's going to present this. None of us in this room, I think, except for maybe you, Tani, were involved in this initial study. this initial, maybe you, Emily, were part of this feasibility study on Lyons Park and doing a new ramp right at Lyons Park. So we got a grant and we're going to move forward with a feasibility study. That doesn't mean we're going to do anything. Be good to study and find out what they come up with. And we did get a grant. So this is paid for by grant money. So Patrick, that's my lead into you.

All right. Thank you, Mayor, Council, Michael. See, as the mayor said, so this was the result of a 2024 ORI grant. So we've been sitting on this for a couple of years. It wasn't an immediate priority. So we're getting around to it now. We had some other priority projects we were working on. But it is to, as the mayor said, it's completely reimbursed. The money's been budgeted and granted. And so this isn't going to cost the city anything. But it's to just test the feasibility of potentially doing river access on the south side, on our Lyons Park side of the river. This sort of came about as part of the 2022 County Boat Ramp Action Plan. This was identified there. It's been identified in our adopted Parks Master Plan for the city. And so as as the county is working on that project to redo the boat ramp on the north side of the river. We were looking at the possibility of pedestrian access and non motorized access for paddle boards and kayaks and those type of watercraft. So we received eight proposals and river restoration came out on top as far as our staff scoring. And what really set them apart was their experience. The other firms had great qualifications, but river restoration stood apart due to their experience with this very specific type of project. They've done things in Durango on the Animas River. They've done things in Green River. They did some work here on some restoration after the fires up on Mill Creek. And so that's why we're recommending them for award of this contract. And obviously the budget came right in what we're looking at as well. So they're very competitive there. So not sure if everybody had a chance to really look through their proposal that we selected, but we were impressed with what they brought to the table.

Questions for Patrick?

I just want to say that I've always been very envious of towns that incorporate their proximity to a river as an amenity for the community. And I've been really disappointed with our sort of physical separation with the amazing river that is our northern boundary. And I, you know, looking through this proposal, there are so many exciting just ideas starting to float around with what could happen. And Lyons Park is just such a perfect place for, you know, non-motorized access for swimming, for habitat, for everything that they're proposing. And I also, you know, it's very easy to see how many boxes this plan will check and how much uh you know i think grant funding that those boxes could open up i think that this is a you know a huge step forward i'm really excited to see this this happening and moving forward after uh five years of just just sitting idle so yeah thanks pat yeah as you say i'm excited about this as well is there i know that the county is kind of starting to move forward with the county side you know um has there been like talk with them at all about like if there's like

you know, design elements that will be on both sides of the river, you know, as far as this goes.

I attended a meeting recently that the county hosted with a number of different entities. And yes, they expressed interest in sort of not duplicating services or infrastructure there. There's obviously the motorized upgrade to the existing ramp parking bathroom structures and that on the north end. This would be, we already have amenities at Lyons Park, so this would be more just beach access. But I did get a lot of valuable information from that meeting and where they're at in their project. I think they're getting ready to apply for a stream alteration permit, which is good for two years. So they're starting to ball rolling on that.

Yeah, so the county did ask us for a representative to go to those meetings. And Pat will be our representative attending all of those meetings so that we can work back and forth. Pat will be able to tell them what we're working on. They can do the same back to us. And so we'll have some collaboration there.

I guess that would have been, yeah, kind of my question. I'm assuming we'll be doing the same, having a stakeholder group to an audience and thinking about the county and all.

Absolutely, yeah. This is part of this proposal is that they would, this is not going to be complete designs or construction-ready documents. This is truly just a feasibility study, but they will produce some materials for the public and engage public interest and input for sure.

And all of our partners like Sovereign Lands will definitely be involved and be interviewed, be part of the process as they're looking into this. Because we have to work with, I mean, we get to and have to work with these partners. It's not just our place to go down and do whatever we want down there. So we will be working with them.

Yeah, that's right. And this will involve a really robust NEPA study, which is a big part of what this river restoration will be doing as well.

Thanks, Greg. The only thing I ask for is a floating pickleball and skate park.

All right.

I can play with it. Okay.

I need a motion to approve the contract award.

I will motion to approve item 5.3, consideration of contract award to river restoration in the amount of $198,407 for Lyons Park River Access Feasibility Study.

Motion by Miles. Second by Collin. Any discussion, Miles?

No, I think this is a great thing. I think anyone who has boated that section of the river knows the complications of accessing the boat ramp on the north side. And so I'm looking forward to being able to go paddle boarding or something like that and have an easier and safer access point on our side of the river.

Great. Colin, anything?

Thanks, Pat.

Anybody else?

No.

All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Motion passes 5-0. Item 5.4. Thanks, Patrick. This is another item. No action on this one. Corey is going to present the you will be considering this at some point, but we just wanted to get it on your radar because, you know, we may be hearing from public about it. It is a presentation on consideration of Red Rock Development easement located at approximately 2705 South Golf Course East Bench Road in Moab, Utah, 84532. And Corey's going to show you what that indeed are. And D-D-R's clone are going to present that. So I promise. But again, there's no action tonight.

Future engineer, Winter.

Yes, definitely. That's right. No pressure. I promised Winter last meeting when I was here, he came and whispered something in my ear. I said, go back. And I asked him, what do you want? And he would say, you want to sit next to me.

Right on.

We're glad you're here. Yeah. He's excited. He can do that.

Okay. I'm just going to share my screen.

Okay, so the structure of our presentation tonight is really to introduce the elements within what will be the larger consideration which there are three of and then do and have did our provide a little bit more background as to why the city is engaged in this way what our considerations are in the bigger picture of the project and where we're recommending and likely going from there. So to begin. As I've referenced, there are essentially three elements of consideration, which come up within four areas. So I know that's a little bit confusing. two of which are easement considerations, and then the third is a dedication consideration. So the first easement consideration, the area A there, is an easement consideration for GWSA for a water service line for them through that area that coincides with a parallel sewer easement. A second consideration is an easement consideration which would go to the developers, and this is what DDAR will kind of get into, is that on the east side of our property, which is the golf course, and you can see off to the right there, is a proposed easement within the county's jurisdiction for a residential development, residential multi-household subdivision development, through which their landscape, or excuse me, terrain, restrictions have caused them to look for options for access and also for maintenance easements, specifically for stormwater. So section, excuse me, area B and area C are those easement areas that would be going to serve that development. And then area D also being spurred by this consideration of the development, but that is more or less what we've seen in the past with other developments is called a protection strip. It was really not a non-intended area a small strip of private land that is between a developable parcel and the right-of-way. So there's really no purpose in us maintaining this small strip of land. So we would dedicate that to the county right-of-way there. So with that being said, we will go a little bit more into the background and the considerations, and then we will look at each of these areas specifically.

Should I jump in?

Please.

So this area is known with our drinking water source protection zone. So what we do in these areas, we take a look closer here what's being proposed to develop. So we have restriction what can be as a land use, what can be used. And when this developer came to us, I believe it was 2024, we asked them they need to update our drinking water source protection zone requirements. So they did an amendment to our plans. And so we have five city wells around the golf course. And we were very close to work with the developers about their utilities because the sewer is one of the biggest one. We don't want a contamination in our drinking water. And they need to do certain, they have to use certain pipes. They have to have those are being joined. Those are all more expensive, but more robust. So that's what we did with them. Include the stormwater. We don't want them to store the stormwater and let that water to contaminate our drinking water. We want them to be stored in certain time and then release it. So it's not going to overwhelm the downstream, but also we not want them to be, um, that water to be contained, contaminate our drinking water. So this is their subdivision. And, um, I believe this is, they still, they, I believe this is what they approve around the County. This is in the County. Uh, so it's not the city and, um, I reach out the county, but I didn't able to get a hold on someone over there. So what we see here 24 lots and I tried to kind of highlighted detention base and down there like we see that, so the topography already looks like a base and what they planning to do could have burn and. use that area as a detention basin. What else they could be able to do? They could be able to maybe use one of their property, very unlikely because it's all rock. They may be able to put maybe underground water. That's really not common in the subdivisions. Maybe we see that on the hotels. And this was probably the best options for them. So for them to get in there and build, they reach out to us to access easement. And they come up with the one This was the first initial discussion that we did. This was the alignment. I think the golf course also may want it at the beginning, but we realized this is a long easement. So if we're ever going to improve this property, we luck with this alignment. We could have also added language to say we can realign it, but this is pretty big area and impact way more area than what we saw on Corey's slide. So the next one, so what we see on the quarry is this was the best idea it looks like. So I'm going to just zoom in. So we see the dashed green and red. That is already existing sewer for the Grand County. So that yellow is the water they're asking for. So I think this alignment may not be exactly where it is. We are thinking about maybe we want to combine those areas, so it will be less two areas than maybe one area.

And then the next one, this is... Just to be clear on that last one, that easement would be to GUISA or the county, not to the developer.

Yes, thank you. Thank you, Michael. Exactly. So the utility is going to be Grand County Water and Sewer. They're asking only to... easement the developer asked from us. One is for the reconstruction of the basin, as well as the maintenance for the basin, as well as access to their development. All the utility easements for the Grand County, which we work closely. So we already have existing easements for them. So they're asking one more. And this is what the developer asked for them to get access through the golf course to the basin. And it includes the construction and the maintenance for long-term. And this is what they're asking, the red one, for the access driveway. And this is the The right-of-way, we're just looking closer to the gray area. So we are planning or we are thinking.

This one is challenging to see. So you'll see as the right-of-way forks, the gray right-of-way forks there, just to the south, just a touch, you'll see that little sliver of kind of that odd polygon. That's the section of property that we're dedicating as it is not developable. It was really a cladding issue when they aligned the right-of-way to begin with.

It's the only one in the city, too, right? We just did the same thing on 5th West.

Yes.

So it's the same. Yeah, it's pretty much the same.

Our information gets better. Our archiving and planning and surveying gets better with our meats and mouths. We're cleaning up a number of these historic misalignments. But yeah, with all those areas, and we're specifically reaching in, I'll speak a little bit more to the idea of the impetus of this development coming in. We're analyzing the area as a whole, but like we said, an easement dedicated to GWSA for their utility services. two easement areas uh to the developer one being more or less strictly accessing utility and then one being access uh in a maintenance easement and that's the one down through the golf course that's one if we could go back to that and then of course what we're just looking is the dedication So one more, two, yeah. So this is, I will say when we're looking at this area and Michael can likely speak to this even more so is the idea of this development. Building and kind of what Didar had mentioned. This benefits the city and the city's property greatly in that it is protecting the downstream, which is us as a property owner, from damage and release rates of stormwater that are unencumbered. So this regulates it down into outfall flows that are appropriate and can be managed effectively. So really what this was... been working through the process with the applicants to come before you. But where we're at this stage and why it's not necessarily for approval at this point is we're making sure we're looking through all elements and ensuring that the whole horizon is contemplated. So crossing every T and dotting every I. So in that, the alignments, everything has been drafted in the way that you're seeing it now. It could be that as we're looking, there's particular language in the easement itself discussing maintenance elements or particular conditions of surfacing. Those are things that we're wanting to ensure we're very happy with the golf course, we'll be happy with, and of course, we'll also work for the developers. Long story short, we want to pose it tonight just to begin introducing these ideas of this larger movement that is three different elements. But yeah, there may be specificity, minor alignment adjustments. Dieter had mentioned the alignment for GUISA is we may realign that so that it is not creating dead space or effectively using that layout as best as possible. So those Kind of a piece of where we're at. Yeah.

So I just want to jump in because I've been working on this with the developer who has a representative here tonight for a couple of years actually before I was a city manager and and we first looked at that long easement and we're just like that doesn't because of the reasons Dieter pointed out, maybe that's not the best thing, but we've always thought that the as Corey pointed out that the detention basin is a good idea. And as you know, we have a lot of these detention basins throughout town. Some of them were built by the civilian conservation Corps have been around a long time and we try to keep those cleaned out because they do provide some protection. There's actually a detention basin right across the street here that our public works maintains. That's not on the golf course, but it's on city property. Um, So we really think that this is a good thing for the city because we own the property. But I also wanted to throw out there that it's a good thing for the golf course because it prevents them from – you know how it works when everything's coming down. It prevents them from having to do – I don't want to say – I guess, unnecessary repairs where they could have been resolved by detaining those flows on private property. So that's another good thing. The only other thing I want to mention is that the developer will be paying fair market value for this easement. This is not a giveaway. This is a transaction where there will be an exchange of funds based on fair market value.

Any questions for who are your DDAR? I have a few.

Go ahead. Well, first, clarification slash comment. I believe it's a 42-unit subdivision. There's that additional orange is an additional 18 units. You can have their plan. So on the... Area A first, the water exhibit. I'm wondering, looking where that is, it looks like there's an existing water line there. So I'm curious, it looks like where the exhibit is, if we're looking at the very western side of the screen, that easement follows that dirt road rather than linking into the existing water line. So I'm wondering about that. Cause it, looks like the water line connects to Westwater and then would be an additional water line connection in. So that's kind of my first question. And then with the area B, wondering about a lot of the maintenance, like roadway standards or how it's going to be actually built. Because I think that that's a pretty steep slope from the road down to the golf course for how to get access.

When you're saying A and B, is that referring to there?

Can we go back to that one? Yeah.

There we go.

Should we see here?

Yeah.

So this is... Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah. So looking at area A, how that cuts diagonally versus if you click up, it looks like it's kind of creating a triangle versus... at least their site plan shows an existing water line on the other two sides of that triangle.

So on that, you know, a lot of times with these easements, and Mark and Dieter can comment about this, is we try to consolidate the easement as close as possible to one another. And they require widths. of 10 to 20 feet sometimes because if you have to get in there and trench, they want as much room as they can. So trying to get the, it looks like it's far away from the road. Can you go back to that? It looks like it's far away from the road and doesn't follow the road. Instead, it follows that other easement pattern, which consolidates those two as close as possible, I'm assuming to each other and still giving the allowable space for them to get in and do repairs based on their easements.

Carolyn, are you saying that they show the waterline in different locations? I think what is that is a lot of times GIS data is not correct. When the designers and developer came, they just have the GIS data. But when they have the easement language, usually they go to a blue stick and then they got the exact location. That will be the previous one just being the GIS space. They think it was there. And then usually this yellow one must be the staked out and They believe that that's where it is.

Okay. Yeah, I don't necessarily have a problem with it, especially since it's tracking where the sewer is going to be brought in. But just seeing the water line on there, I was curious why we wouldn't just track with existing GWSA, but if it's not there, then...

For the roadway and the new construction, we talked with Corey earlier. I think what we want to do, we want to see the construction design and plans. So we have a right to say what's going on and not just give the easement and try to secure our rights by the language of the easement. We want to see the construction plans and have a commons because we do want to make sure that it's the road being cut, they don't get a stormwater run down there. And then we have been in touch with the golf course too. They have their comments and they pointed out some of those concerns too.

Okay. Thanks. Anything else, Caitlin? Anybody else?

Yeah, I got a few questions. So area B, that's an easement road, right? And then I was just kind of curious, like, so that's accessing the retention pond, correct? So like on the site map where it shows the lots, I think there's a lot there, lot 14 or whatever, something like that. Those will all be accessed from the main area, right? And so this is just isolated as an easement to, maintain the retention pond, right?

It's a cliff there. There is no access above the other lots.

Yeah, certainly during construction and the development of the basin would be utilized and then ongoing maintenance access only. So not private or public access to the development or sites itself. There was, I think, again, originally some considerations very early on about that being a secondary full access, but this would not. The terms of the easement right now are actually that the surfacing is

a well unspecified but layer gravel is the surface of travel so again not a not a fully fledged road for use of development right okay and that's why I just want to make sure that like because it seems like we want to protect that for the golf because it's so close to the golf course you know stuff that it's not a major access road later on down the road and as well like is there would they if they do develop those lots or whatever would they be Would there be any intention down the road of putting a sewer line to access those areas, or would they be pumping up to the other areas to access the sewer lines?

The latter. Indeed, if we want to go back to the proposed subdivision layout. Thank you. Yeah, we can see, again, like Caitlin pointed out, that little orange selection area, you can see where that access area, so that would be that red section or section C, or excuse me, area C that we've identified would be an access, a full access for the property development.

Okay.

Yeah. But through the golf course itself, the section area B in blue, it would not be not be accessed in that way. And actually, it's it appears the way and again, the topography, there are no lots that could be accessed therapies, there is a cliff bench. So as you pointed out, the hash mark, that's the natural basin that topography creates. Which was kind of part of the reason they needed to come to the city at all is that basin is cliff, so it's almost inaccessible from anywhere else in the development. You can see that little 13 right there. There's a very narrow bedrock chute that I would argue is inaccessible as well, but that's 14, as my understanding, would be accessed some other way.

This is the whole development, honestly, where none of this is accepted?

No, they are in drinking water source protection zone. Okay, that's fine.

Okay, yeah.

Yeah, we're into questions but kind of considering area B I know that's is part of the golf course and I had anticipated this being kind of the area of a focus to an aesthetics perspective I think that's again what we're wanting to coordinate with the golf course that there is a design, not just in that we're legally covered and we're, we're doing everything we ought to be doing. as far as establishment of easement, but also to the degree of, I think like Michael said, they're coming in and we want to make sure that it is functioning and legal and our liability is covered. But beyond that is that it functions well. It aesthetically flows, it matches the terrain and doesn't take away from what is my own interpretation the priority par three right there. It's very prized and beloved golf hole, so we don't want to to track from that.

And the golf course has been consulted on this. It's just been a bit of time.

So we're circling back and making sure again.

They know all about this. In fact, I think the consultant worked with the golf course first and then came to us.

Any other questions? All right. Thank you. More to come on this. Just wanted to get you guys kind of up to speed on where we are.

Thank you all.

all right next we've got item 5.5 consideration of resolution 11-2026 a resolution of the governing body of the city of moab declaring certain property owned by the city as surplus summer here if y'all have questions we don't need snub lovers

We have some. These are old ones. But what we have available will be available on publicsurplus.com if you'd like to bid on a snowblower.

I do know Jason has designed that 2015 Dodge Charger. Absolutely. You should. You should.

I like the Yamaha golf cart. Lead put over there.

Thanks, Summer.

What's the website one more time? What's that? The website one more time? It's publicsurplus.com.

We do have an individual that will actually auction off our vehicles for us, and they have kind of a broader reach. So the vehicles will probably go there, but the other items will be done in-house by us.

Great. Motion.

I can move to adopt Resolution 11-2026, declaring certain property owned by the City of Moab as surplus.

Motion by Tani. Second. Second. Second by Miles. Discussion, Tani? No. Miles?

No.

Anybody else?

No.

I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. All right. on to uh item 5.6 uh consideration of ordinance 2026-12 an ordinance repeat repealing and replacing ordinance number 20 2015 and amending section 10.04.090 of the moab municipal code regarding the establishment of speed limits for street legal vehicles including street legal all-terrain vehicles and lex and michael are going to take this one and i just want to clarify that what this ordinance does is creates a better system for how we determine speed limits. It doesn't say what the speed limits are going to be. It just says this is how we are going to evaluate how we and how and what the speed limit is going to be. So that's the purpose of this ordinance. And so Lex and Michael, I'm sure you have more to say on this.

Yeah, I'll let Lex go. And if I have anything to add, I'll jump in.

Okay. Yeah. And the mayor covered most of it, but I'll bring you up to speed to why we ended up here. Reviewing this due to changes in Utah law, we reviewed this ordinance and discovered a need to regulate speed on all street legal vehicles, but do so within state statutes that have changed significantly since ordinance 2020-15 was adopted. And it dictated a need to repeal and rewrite this ordinance and accompanying municipal code 10.04.090 to come into compliance. During our review, we realized that 2020-15 failed to establish a method by which speeds were to be determined within the city of Moab. Thus also adding to the need to repeal and rewrite. And you'll see that in the exhibits that you have. We wanted to do this to establish enforceable uniform speed limits because that is essential to aid in the mitigation of noise, heavy tourist traffic, speeding, pedestrian safety, et cetera. What this does not do, as what the mayor said, is repeal, change, or get rid of any speed limits that currently exist. This is our method to now do a... the mechanism to study and determine what speed limits should be and what our practical efforts will be in determining that.

So, yeah, I just want to jump in. Section B posted speed limit says that regulatory signs will still say what the speed limit is. If a regulatory sign is not in place, the prima facie speed limit will be enforced, and that's 20 miles an hour throughout the city. But if there is a different regulation, regulation that is posted less or more, that's what the actual speed limit is. And this will come into play with the next item because if signs, whatever the sign says is what the speed limit is. Again, this ordinance does not change any of the speed limits within the town. It just provides the method to do that.

It also changes some definitions and clarifies some things for us, which helps us to be more specific and deal with establishing speed limits correctly.

Questions?

I don't think I have any, no.

Comments? Motions? Well, I guess, especially given the comments we've heard and differences between this, I really appreciate the work that was put into drafting this.

And I think asking the question even would then be That gives us the ability to set street legal speeds, including street legal all-terrain vehicles. If there are two different signs, we can set speed limits for both.

Well, yeah, that's that's not that's a different discussion, but whatever the speed limit is that is posted based on whatever decisions are made by the City Council is what the speed limit is in this this ordinance only backs that up. Even if there are 2.

I found this to be well-written, and I appreciated the framework that it sets for setting speed limits accordingly. I think it helps give clarity and clarity on definitions that we can use.

I'll go ahead and make a motion. I move to adopt Ordinance 2026-12, an ordinance repealing and replacing Ordinance 2020-15, an amending section 10.04-090 of the Moab Municipal Code regarding the establishment of speed limits for street legal vehicles, including street legal all-terrain vehicles.

Motion by Jason. Second? Second by Collin. Discussion, Jason?

No, I don't have any.

Collin?

Not for this one, no.

Anybody else? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0. On to 5.7, consideration of adoption of speed limit changes within the city of Moab. And we have Levi and Lex to present. However, I would just like to suggest that you guys table this item. I think we want, there's a great process going on with Safe Streets for All. And I think safety and speed limits are part of that process or should be. And so I think it would be wise for us to consider that process before we make any changes to the speed limits that are currently out there. But I wanted Lex and Levi to go ahead and make a presentation, and then you guys can decide how you want to move forward. But I thought it would be good for you guys to see how the process that you guys just adopted in the ordinance takes place. So please share.

Yeah, thank you. Once again, we're going to discuss some of the speed limit recommendations that have come up. This will be a little bit different than what you saw the last time based on feedback and our studies and our looking into things that we hadn't considered last time as we got into considering speeds on different roads. So, and Michael mentioned earlier, our prima facie speed limit is 20 miles per hour, if it's not otherwise designated by a speed sign. In reviewing our ordinances and the, ordinance that you just adopted 2026, that's 12. We use the methods that were established in that to identify some of the roads that we think are a priority to be addressed. A couple of changes that you'll see right away are explained in really simple terms. We have two ways to bypass Main Street 191 in the city, and that's 5th West to Cane Creek or first north up to northeast and through town. Restricting those two routes down to 20 miles per hour is going to create a problem if we do need to route around downtown. And we do have to do that several times a year and an emergency basis. Those previously had been recommended to consider, at least in part, going to a 20 mile per hour speed zone. We now are going to recommend that they remain at 25 miles per hour. So 500 West in its entirety, Cane Creek in its entirety. 400 East in its entirety. The other changes that we're going to recommend and to be considered as we move forward. Again, these are in our evaluation of our system. Mill Creek to 4th East, on Mill Creek up to Sand Flats, 20 miles per hour. 400 north, 20 miles per hour, and 100 west, 20 miles per hour. Obviously, 100 west with the pedestrian traffic is big. 400 north, a lot of children present there in the crosswalks. We feel like that's ample reason to be safe and slow those down. And Williams Way identified as a major route for ambulance to get to the hospital. We've considered leaving that at 25 miles per hour where it is currently standing. All these are recommendations, of course, and for you to consider. And again, I think as the mayor suggested, we'll look at this and then kind of wait to see on what comes from these other projects that are going on.

Questions? I think we discussed this a month or so ago.

Yeah, let's say a month or so ago, I did advocate for several more of these to go down to 20. And kind of in learning more about it and understanding, you know, how we would stress the rest of town by reducing some of these through arteries all the way down to 20. I am happy to see this just in the sense that I felt that 500 should be treated the same as 400. They both carry a similar amount of traffic. They both see a similar amount of pedestrian traffic. And so I'm I, I understand wanting them to be 25 to allow more traffic through. And it makes sense that both sides of town would have an arterial that's 25. And, uh, well, I do hope we can continue to find ways to keep people that stopping at stops, stop walks or crosswalks when, uh, when, when their kids running by and everything, uh, I think 25 is reasonable for both of those roads.

I would agree with that. Like I, um, this past weekend I had the opportunity to go and drive almost all these roads, you know, that we're considering. And, and I kind of thought the same thing, you know, like, you know, 500 West, you know, and 400 East was just like, it was too slow, you know, and those being like major arteries, I thought that they needed to, it seemed like that they, could handle you know that extra five miles per hour and and they are those major you know arteries on each side there are bypasses and there are two options any other comments questions to me you know michael there's one thing at the end i just like to say if that's okay well i i guess my feeling is that and and again i you know jason i

you didn't you didn't mention me in our drive i thought it was a really special moment for us i dumped a mountain dew on you yes you did yes you did um but so in our research i you know and and in talking to people you know and i think this is a much bigger conversation i think that a lot of people are in the audience um you know concerned about uh you know, the removal of another speed limit for the UTVs. And, you know, and I think that, you know, because this is such a big argument, you know, I first want to just voice my own opinion as a cyclist. You know, I'm almost always going to be in favor of lowering automobile speed limits for the benefit of cyclists and pedestrians. I personally find this differential speed environment unnecessarily unsafe for cyclists. I know that there's a cost benefit that a lot of the audience members are looking through and they see the benefit of lower noise being worth what somebody like myself might be experiencing with you know, UTVs driving in bike lanes to allow cars to go around and unsafe passing and just sort of an unnecessarily, you know, heated, more heated environment where you have this differential speed. And so because of my feelings on this, you know, where I want to talk about, you know, more in depth about lowering, You know, the overall speed limits, but also removing those 15 mile an hour speed limits. I think that it's important that we not make a decision tonight and that we go and in a public setting in a workshop, discuss a proposal to bring to these concerned community members. where we have a really concrete and actionable plan of what we're going to replace those speed limits with and those that can be suggested speed limits that can be the uh auditory um you know radars that can be increased enforcement that we are actually measuring you know all of these things so that we actually you know in what i'm uh in my opinion, saying is going to improve the safety for cyclists, pedestrians. We're also bringing something to these people and saying, hey, we hear you. We know why you're here. We understand your concerns. And this is what we are going to replace. These many things is what we're going to replace this. And I think it's really important that we do this or have this discussion in a public setting, in a workshop, something in a meeting, Where, you know, all of our concerns and all of our comments and discussion is public facing and so that these these community members know that we are, we do mean what we're doing. And we are thinking about this, you know, and again I just I just want to say again and I'm you know I'm starting to beat a dead horse but You know, in all of these discussions, it's almost always the cyclists that lose. You know, we lose when we talk about changing parking. We lose when we add turning lanes on Mill Creek. We lose when we resurface our roads. You know, it's always us who give up some of our space in this transportation environment. And I think that this is these differential speed limits, in my opinion, I'll admit this is my opinion, is another place where cyclists and pedestrians have lost a little bit of ground. And this is something that I had a wonderful opportunity today to bring this up to the trail mix committee, which is probably the biggest concentration of really passionate cyclists in this community that get together every month. And we talked about this, and so many people in the room were able to share stories of their own experiences where these differential speed limits have caused them some duresses as a bicycle commuter or an active transportationist. And the overwhelming sentiment of that group was that these differential speed limits should be done away with and that the overall speed limit should be brought down. And so that's just one group, of course. So because of that, once Michael's done and whoever else wants to comment, I think I'm going to make a motion too. I don't think I'm going to make a motion that we table this and that we have further discussion and that we come back with a really concrete plan to present to these people.

All right. Motion by column. Do I have a second?

Oh, did he make a motion? It wasn't a motion yet, but I said, you made a motion. No, I said, I said when, when we're done discussing, I would like.

Oh, okay. Sorry. Yeah. I was like ready to move on.

I could make that motion and we can all discuss. Yeah.

Continue discussion. Yeah. Yeah. Of course.

Yeah. Yeah. So why don't I go ahead and make that motion?

I wrote your name down.

Okay. I'll second.

All right. We got a motion by Colin, second by Miles. So Colin, do you have anything else you'd like to add?

I think I just said way too much. Miles? I think what Colin brings up is a really interesting thing. This is a very complex issue. And as mentioned in our public comment, we have one tool in a toolbox of many other things, including other things mentioned in our public comments. So leaning towards what Colin's saying, I like the idea of taking our time to look through the toolbox and decide what we can really do for this community that suits everyone from our cyclists to our UTV users themselves, as well as everyone in town who lives next to these thoroughfares. So I like the idea of tabling it now and bringing it forward as a workshop so that we can really do our best to bring as much public comment into this and to brainstorm around what we can really do to bring a better tool to the table or a litany of tools to the table to better the situation.

Okay, so I have a motion by Collins, second by Miles. I just want to add, so we're going to table this until we receive the report back from the Safe Streets for All. And then at that point, we can revisit and schedule workshops and have conversations in between that time. Does that sound... I just want to give...

So, yeah, it's a good question. I haven't talked to Safe Streets for All. Our intention, my intention is to talk, and the mayor and I have talked about this, to see if they would add this as a change order to the project that they're doing already. I do believe that they'll be interested in working with us on this. And if that doesn't go through, we will seek out other help with this from qualified consultants working with our city engineers and public works department. So as far as time goes, it's hard to say, but it's not... It's not before the new fiscal year.

Yeah, I'm thinking probably the end of the summer in August. Because I'll be out a lot of July and part of August. We can start having conversations, but I'm just saying before we bring it back for consideration.

And I can't speak for these people who are in the audience, but I do, I would assume that they would be okay with the status quo carrying forward.

And that was the point I was going to make is with the ordinance that was just adopted, it established very clearly that changes to speed limits are the purview of the city council and only the city council. So all of the speed limits signs that are out there will not change until the city council makes a makes a vote. So status quo state. It's status quo with all signs throughout the city and all current speed limits.

So does that sound good? We'll get some more information. We'll have conversations. We'll schedule workshops, but probably won't have this up for consideration again until end of August, September is what I'm thinking.

That sounds really far out.

i know but we've only got four meetings between now and then we'll do our we'll do our best but we we do need to first um see if we can do a change order do the change order and then go through this process. I don't think there's, and if you want to have a work session in there as well, I mean, it's not going to be, I mean, maybe between then and now and then we can have a workshop.

That's what I was thinking. I'm thinking about when you guys actually vote. So your table in this consideration until September meeting, and that'll give us some time to have a workshop in between now and then with the public.

I,

I think that this, what we're discussing is very much influenced and influences the Safe Streets for All work. But I do think that this can be independent of that. I mean, I think that work is right now, without a change order, very specific to a couple of high, yeah, just locations. And so I think that we can be working through this independently of that is my sense.

I think we can too. The consultant is qualified to do this and they're already familiar with the community and they're working in the community on some of these streets. That's why we singled out them, not necessarily just because of the project, but also because of their expertise. And I do, we'll have to talk to them and see what their proposal is, but As far as being independent of the other thing, it's not really independent because that's one of the reasons why we wanted to do it with them because there are very many crossover points between the two projects.

I think there are crossover. I'd be curious to hear. I'm hesitant to grant a change order because I agree. I think that also a lot of this conversation is outside of the scope of Safe Streets for All and I think our political decisions that We as a council are responsible to bear and lead on behalf of the community. And that's the hard job we signed up for. So I don't necessarily wanna go forward with a change order to hide behind that a little bit, but agree at the same time they are related when it comes to speeds. I guess more broadly, I agree with a lot of what Colin said. I appreciate you bringing back these recommendations. I think that these are more in alignment with some of my comments and pushback from the last conversation because I do drive the speed limits in town because I know All the officers know my car. So welcome to the speed limits of Moab. Just kidding. But yeah, so I appreciate the additional consideration on that. I'm also happy to table over the last couple of weeks, I've been running a survey and know several people in the audience have been pushing that and contributed to that. I would love to continue to collect feedback on specific speedway or speed limit preferences on these streets on OHP specific on kind of lots of other questions and solutions related to how we handle our roadways and our noise. I think one of the common things that I've heard a theme that's emerging that is not surprising to me, but is coming out in this survey is that the noise, I think there's a lot of push on speed limits in relation to noise and a lot of and they are related in that way. But at the same time, I think the issue is the noise, it's not the speeds. And I think most constituents that are responding to my survey, what I'm hearing is if if noise weren't a consideration they wouldn't want 15 mile an hour they wouldn't want lower speeds it's because they're concerned about noise and so i'm interest in having additional workshops and conversations about that issue because i think speed limits are thinking more about all of our daily drivers and how we all move through the community every day thinking about pedestrians and bicycles thinking about kids going to school So thinking about city streets, it's more than just how does this particular user group or type of vehicle drive on our roads? It's how do we as a community and how do our visitors move through the streets? I think even with pedestrian, like I think going back to Michael's three E's, it's enforcement and engineering and education. So I think that there's a lot of conversation we can have about that and how that ties into safety and transportation um and so yeah i think there's a lot of conversations to come i'd love to keep getting feedback um so i'm happy to table tonight to continue to explore that and i'm looking forward to lots of robust conversations um because i think this is a really big issue for our community so is yeah anybody else comments

yeah i just echo i think like i really agree with what caitlin's saying on it and i think that's but you know as we kind of talk about this no one is getting kind of relief from what is going on you know the way it currently is and so as we and it's just kind of seems like it ebbs and then it gets rises up and you know and um you know i mean i know that um Pete and Bill have better things to do than come here on Tuesdays and the county on Tuesdays, you know, and stuff. And, and, and for them, it's, it's their, their mental state is their health state as well as all these people who, who, who are dealing with this. So I think that like, I would like to look at this, you know, as a whole and be like, what can we do? You know, like if the city needs to budget X amount for, you know, you know, sound meters, you know, that tell people what's going, I think we need to be committed to that. I think we need to be committed to the speed limits that if the speed limit is X amount that we are going to enforce that, that we're going to actually, you know, um, the, the, the, the police department has buy-in that they'll, they'll help, help us patrol these streets and, and not go. And I, and I do not want to make this like, um, like utb centric you know because there's there's like cars with aftermarket mufflers on them all over town that are ripping around you know that that group that's at um city market that pete talked about i know who he's talking about they were there the other night you know they were you know um you know they were they're around so i think that this is like this is a bigger issue than um then going after one segment and stuff. And I think that it just needs to be something that we look at as a whole, that how are we going to educate people? How are we going to enforce it? You know, and how are we going to be able to, you know, to back it up in the courts, you know, and all this stuff, it needs to be looked at as a whole package. And, and, but also, Um, you know, like Colin said, he's spot on, you know, like I've seen bikers get run off because a UTV thinks they need to get out of the way, you know, to, for, for the cars that are behind them to pass them or something like that. And, um, and they are going five miles an hour slower, you know, in these big trains, you know, and stuff. So those are the things we need to, we need to address, um, the transportation issues of getting people from point A to point B in the most safe. Um, and, um, best way fashion for residents in all capacities. So I don't mind doing this. I would like it to be at the forefront of what we're doing. This has been going on for years and years and years, and we haven't gotten anywhere. And I would, you know, I'd love to be able to take this off our plate, you know, and move on to floating pickleball courts in the Colorado river, you know? So, you know, if we could kind of, you know, Make sure we do this. That would be, you know, it is it would be good for all of us.

Anybody else? All right. So we have a motion by Colin and second by Miles to table the adoption of speed limit changes within the city of Moab. With the goal to have this back on our agenda in September. In the meantime, plan workshops and conversations and community engagement between now and one of our meetings in September. Does that sound okay?

Yes.

All right. All in favor of the motion, say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. City manager updates.

Got a few things for you tonight. All of the trailer homes on Walnut Lane have been demoed. That contract has been going on for a little bit of time, but we did have two different phases of this. I'm just looking at Emily. The asbestos units have been demoed and the trailer frames are still there being hauled off soon. The Pack Creek Bridge is one step closer to reopening. There's a grant that's now in place that's going to leverage local dollars. Construction timeline should put this into our capital improvement plan pretty soon here, and that will get something fixed that's been in disrepair for quite some time. And there was an article in the paper, DDAR, Made some comments on that. We're really excited about that. And we have Avenue Bridge, all those types of things. And we're really excited to get that thing going. The Smithsonian exhibit, Voices and Votes, Democracy in America, opened yesterday. We were lucky to be able to go. The mayor spoke at that. She's probably going to talk about that. But I just wanted to make an announcement about that, that it's at the mark from June 8th to August 7th. You can look at the website. to find out the hours for that. There's a lot of neat things that our staff has done in preparation of this. We have the Smithsonian exhibit, but we also have a companion exhibit that was put together by our staff. They did an amazing job. The group is exceptional and led by Kelly McInerney. And she's doing an amazing job down there. And I encourage everybody to go down and see that. We have several employment opportunities at the City and Recreation. You can look for those opportunities on our website at moabcity.gov. Flag Day is coming up on June 12th. And then we have Juneteenth on the 19th. And we will have the flags up for that entire week. As usual, the city offices will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday. And that was it.

Thank you. All right. Council reports. We'll start with you, Miles.

All right. I'm short and sweet. I had exactly one board meeting during this time, which was the Utah Renewable Communities Board. And I'm happy to report 16 communities have joined us in adopting an ordinance for that. I know there's been a little bit of consternation about how difficult it will be to opt out if you choose, but I have been reassured that it will be simple and easy to identify when that period is open and a quick click on your Rocky Mountain Power Bill and you're good to go. Otherwise, that is my only board and I have not attended any other events since the last meeting.

All right. Thanks, Miles. Caitlin? The end of the month, I attended the PRCA Rodeo at the arena. fantastic event. I know that, well, I just want to give a big shout out to the employees of OSTA for managing that event well. Always a pleasure. On the 4th, I attended a Housing Task Force meeting. MugHousing.com has been updated, particularly the for rent and for ownership. Both have much easier tables where you can very quickly look and find Rental and rental opportunities and resources to look into home ownership and that will be regularly updated. The housing task force also looking at voluntary deed restrictions and how we can incorporate those and create some new programs in the Community and we're also starting to plan for housing. Town Hall in late July or early August. We did one last year in early July. July came up really quickly for us this year. So planning on doing that right before school starts again. I also attended Voices and Votes grand opening. I'm really excited for all of the events that they've planned and little interactive community engagement through that. Appreciate the League for giving an opportunity to scream about something and speak into a microphone about something. And then also attended the Safe Streets for All public open house last night. Actually learned a lot. I am really excited about how that's going to tie into a lot of our projects coming up. um and yeah just want to celebrate pride again and also summer swim hours i've been going to outdoor lap swim in the evenings um and also for pride want to plug that my pride is having a pool party on june 21st in the evening it is family friendly um it's gonna be a great little hang at the mrac pool so i'm excited about that and i'll have I will be there and I think that's it for me. Thank you, Colin.

Okay. First, I just want to give a shout out to Chad and Aaron got let out of the shop to fix the bridge to Rotary Park, the downstream bridge. And, you know, I've always been a strong advocate of things that we can do in-house and the fact that those guys were able to get out there and make the improvements to, you know, greatly expand the lifespan of that bridge was just really a proud moment for me. the city so good work levi and blend those guys out of the shop um on the 8th i also attended the the safety action plan open house and again so much great work is being proposed and really creative uh remedies to some really challenging spots in our community and it is really exciting to see how that stuff's incorporated into our our future projects um today the night i attended trail mix again we we talked a lot about the speed limits and then something else that really that came up um that I think is interesting, will be interesting to us all is that, you know, we've been hearing a lot about, uh, park visitation and, and, you know, Arches was, was way up for March or for May, like 9%. But, uh, Island in the sky was, was significantly down. Um, the steward Moab reported that, that their trailhead counts. So did some of the major trailheads like Mill Creek were also way down. And so it's not that, uh, you know, we're not seeing that, you know, that the doing away with the time and entry is just like brought a slew of new visitation to Moab. We're just seeing patterns change. It's really an, and in a fascinating way. Um, And so, you know, it's really neat. And Dromics is such a great sort of collector of those different ideas and numbers from when you have so much just diverse representation in the community. But I thought that was really fascinating to hear because we are hearing a lot about Archer's visitation. There are some interesting patterns. And that's it for me.

Thanks, Colin.

Tony.

Okay. I had a couple of meetings with museum staff. We're planning to do like a board retreat, and we're just, we're kind of running the gamut. We have some financial concerns about how things run. Just keeping, setting and keeping goals, keeping staff and board members accountable, and and just discussing some visioning and strategies and next steps for the museum where there are four new board members at the museum. And the staff is in the process of updating the policies and procedures, employee and board member manuals, which is a pretty good undertaking. On the 27th, I attended the, I wrote U of U. It's not U of U, it's USU advisory board meeting. And the college is hoping for a 25% growth, which is about 12 students. So that's a pretty lofty goal. They're looking forward to growing the campus. They're not 100% sure what that looks like. possibly another building. Samantha Campbell was made the assistant vice president. And we had a discussion about a memorial for Joe Kingsley. We're working on talking with his family and possibly a partnership with Rotary or someone else. We haven't decided what exactly that looks like yet. And if you're a donor to USU, they have some, there's this little tiny one that you can put in your car window. But if you're a donor and you would like a sign for your business window, give them a call out there and they can order any size of a sign that you'd like to install. And I did go to the Smithsonian exhibit yesterday and it made me feel incredibly old. I realized I voted in my first presidential election 50 freaking years ago.

That's it. Thanks, Tony. Jason.

All right. A few things since the last meeting. I tend to the grand County high school graduation. So just, um, congratulations to all the graduates. It was a big event. Um, it was kind of cool, but really cool. Not kind of cool, really cool. And then, um, I also attended airport board meeting. Um, some of the things they have going on out there is there, um, a lot of construction going on out at the airport. They're doing a big repaving project in front of some of the hangers. Um, so that's going to be kind of, um, making things pretty tight, you know, at the first part of the hanger, um, that it'll be nice come September, you know, when it, when it gets done. And, um, a lot of new asphalt being put on out there, no word yet on the EAS contract is supposed to be, I think it's like, I think they said this week was like the 90, the 90 days. It's supposed to be, um, you know, like any day now. So they've been checking it each day. Nothing has come up yet. Um, I also attended, um, the ribbon cutting for the Northwash boat ramp down at Lake Powell, which, um, doesn't have much to do with the city, but it's also an economic starting point from a lot of people who go do river trips. And that was, that was very good. Um, I attended the safe streets for all, um, open house, which was great. Um, a lot of great ideas, a lot of good things coming down the pike in that. Um, and then today I attended, uh, a lot, um, a lot of tribal council board meeting today. And, um, A lot of good things were discussed at that. Some things that have kind of come up were they're doing a big summer campaign. They're really trying to push the river and activities that people could do here in Moab to get people to still come but are a little bit cooler. They did recommend a motion to approve $175,000 for the Moab Holiday Festival, which includes PR, lighting up some more stuff at Lions Park, possibly a drone show, event production, and other things like that. So that's going to go to the commission to get approved, but they did that. They approved about Pretty close to $100,000 in grants for activities coming this fall through next spring. Different, you know, events coming to town, which is great. Also, the county is seeing about a $500,000 increase in TRT revenue, you know, from this time last year, which is also good to see.

and um so that's let's see that's all i have on that thanks jason uh for me uh i mentioned to you all that i was meeting with the national resource conservation commission i spoke with them at their dinner and that group i didn't quite know who all was going to be part of that group but it includes the directors of water resources natural resources fish and wildlife Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Ag and Food, Public Lands, Forest Service, SITLA, State Parks, and Federal Delegation. I talked to them about our water situation here, about flash flood events that we've had, about the UNTR site, and then I bragged about downtown and all the work we've been doing downtown. invited them all to go downtown and shop and see the great stuff we've done. And then they invited me the next day to come to the other site with the Department of Energy. And I presented to them the future plans for the site that we've been working on for the last 15 years. CERTA meeting, nothing really exciting to report there. It's just a long meeting. Lobbyists check in. We met with Ryan on Monday, last Monday. And... We should know by July about appropriation requests for the transit study and the water tank. I met with Commission Chair Mel McCandless to discuss some of the joint meeting items that we talked about at our joint meeting. We are going to need to reschedule the joint meeting that was supposed to be in August because I'm not going to be able to be there. So I'll need to talk to you guys about a date that works for you in the fall. I met with the National Golf Course Foundation and the golf architects who are developing the master plan for the golf course, and they will be presenting to you guys in one of our meetings in July and August to show you the master plan and give us some feedback as to how we want to modify that lease. I think it's important to hear back from them, and then we can come back with a lease that I think we can all feel better about. I went to the Voices and Votes exhibit last night. It was excellent. I encourage everybody to go. And a couple tips. Now, this is a great booklet that the Utah Humanities put out. It's an essay by Katherine Kitterman. She will be actually speaking on July 30th at The Mark on this. And, you know, I found it fascinating. So when women were allowed to vote on the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, It became law in 1920. And in Utah, after it became law, 18 women won election to the state legislature. I don't even think there's 18 women on there now, which is kind of sad. And then more than 120 women were elected to county offices right after the 1920 19th Amendment, which is great. And also, in 1912 and 1914, before the 19th Amendment, the town board of Kanab, Utah, was made up of all women. I know. So I'm all about the women being voices in our government. Anyway, go get one of these. They're free. And if you have an opportunity to listen to Katherine Kitterman speak, I encourage you to go to that. We'll bring that up in July.

We definitely will.

There's a lot, a lot of activities there. They have a phone booth. I think Kelly mentioned this right out front. It's an old phone booth. And you can pick up the phone booth and listen to other people's voices and stories, or you can record your own, which is kind of cool. So there's just all kinds of activities going on. So I encourage you to go see that exhibit. It's a Smithsonian exhibit. It's high-end. It's like kind of cool that that big type of an exhibit is in Moab. You know, they've got the touchscreen stuff. I mean, all the things that you would see in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in our little town. This is great. And then I met, was that this morning? Yes, it was this morning. With the Arches Shuttle Working Group. They're moving forward with trying to agree on what should be in the Cooperative Management Agreement with the National Park Service and preparing to go out for an RFP for the Arches Shuttle. So that group is meeting quite often. They're under a tight timeline. They want to try to get things implemented by September 1st. My participation in that meeting is kind of limited at this point because from the city's perspective, you know, the in-park shuttle service is not particularly, I mean, we support it, something we're interested in, but our focus is really on downtown and impacts to downtown and perhaps the mat and how the mat could fit into that. So the discussions they're having now, I don't feel like I'm very helpful there. but I will continue to attend just to see how they play out and report back to you all. So that's it for me. And we have a closed session to talk about reasonably intimate or pending litigation, if I could have a motion.

I motion to go into closed session to discuss reasonably imminent and or pending litigation.

Motion by Caitlin. Second by Miles. I'll second.

Any discussion?