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Pursuant to NRS, a meeting of the Pahrump OHV Park Advisory Committee was held on August 12, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. at the Board of County Commissioners Chambers 2100 E. Walt Williams Dr., Pahrump, NV 89048. Committee members: Erica Muxlow Doug Powell Dal Shemp Jimmy Tyler Jimmy Lewis Also present: Debra Strickland Jimmy Martinez 1. Pledge of Allegiance and Call to Order. The Pledge was recited. 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of the agenda for August 12, 2021. Doug Powell motion to approve the agenda. Dal Shemp second the motion. There was no opposition. 4. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Three-minute time limit per person.) Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (First) Bob Adams announced that the upcoming Fall Festival is a good opportunity to meet people in the public and discuss the project. Debra Strickland has reserved a booth. Bob suggested that we have an easel with drawings to show what the OHV Committee is doing. Bob stated that we should be aware of the raceway expansion and Las Vegas Loop trail projects. 5. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation of minutes of the Pahrump OHV Park Advisory Committee meeting of July 15, 2021. Erica Muxlow motioned to approve minutes. Jimmy Tyler second the motion. There was no opposition. ---PAGE BREAK--- 6. Announcements (First) Debra Strickland announced that the next fairgrounds meeting will occur on September 20, 2021, which is after the next OHV Committee meeting. For this reason, we will not have an update in our next meeting. 7. Committee Comments (This item limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas). Jimmy Lewis explained that we have been holding back activities because we are waiting on the environmental assessment. Brad Harris is to contact Arnold regarding social media and report on the status of the fencing. Debra Strickland will text Brad for a status update since he is not present. Jimmy Lewis stated that we must ensure that we have a social media plan including communicating about the key concerns such as sound, dust. We need an agenda item on the next meeting - to discuss a plan. Dal Shemp volunteered to be in the Fall Festival booth on September 24-25th. He will bring a bike and work with Bob Adams. 8. Presentation – Discussion of the current status and Environmental Assessment update. Jimmy Lewis spoke with Thomas Bolling today and was told that it will be at least another 30 days out. We may have more information next month. 9. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation regarding Advisory Board updates on their respective areas. There were no updates. Jimmy Lewis stated that we will push the updates from the social media committee to the next meeting. 10. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation to set the date and time for the next meeting. Erica Muxlow motion to set meeting to Sept 9th Jimmy Tyler second. 11. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Second) Arlette Ledbetter responded to a request about how to obtain and understand the OHV Committee’s budget. Tourism would be handling marketing. We can consider options such as tracking park attendance via cell phone usage. ---PAGE BREAK--- The OHV Committee will have grant fund, fairgrounds funding, and general fund. The best thing to do is to find out what the project is funded for and be aware that grant funding is often doled out in multiple phases. Jimmy Lewis explained that we have $300k and a plan to use the funds. 12. ANNOUNCEMENTS (Second) There were no announcements. 13. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned.