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The OHV Advisory Committee meeting took place August 4, 2022, at the Bob Ruud Community Center. 1. Pledge of Allegiance and Call to Order. The pledge was recited. 2. Roll Call. Brad Harris, Erica Muxlow, Matt Mattoon, Jimmy Martinez, John Mazlo, Loyce Seastrunk, Deb Strickland, Jimmy Lewis 3. Approval of the agenda for August 4, 2022. Loyce Seastrunk motioned to remove Agenda Item 9 because Tom Bolling is not present, Matt Mattoon second. 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) There were no public comments. 5. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation of minutes of the Pahrump OHV Park Advisory Committee meeting of July 14, 2022. Erica Muxlow motioned to approve the minutes, Matt Mattoon second. There was no opposition. 6. Announcements (First) Deb Strickland announced the following: ● Pahrump Tourism offers the Highway 160 magazine in Pahrump from Tourism. We used funds to mail out a copy of the magazine upon request. ● The Nevada Offroad Association hosting summit Oct 12-14, 2022. It is a Free event, an opportunity to meet stakeholders and half day on the trail. Must register to attend. ○ ● The Pahrump Speedway is not going to re-open. There is a group that wants to form and will be allocated the 40 acres. ---PAGE BREAK--- 7. Committee Comments (This item is limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas). Jimmy Lewis will be drawing up the plans for how to proceed and will present to the committee in our next meeting. These plans will take the flow of water into consideration. Along with the map, we will come up with a schedule and plan for how to do it. We don’t need shapes of tracks and jumps yet. We want to ensure that the dirt for the track is above the surface. Then we must coordinate with Tom Bolling for resources and scheduling. Loyce Seastrunk has offered to assist with moving dirt. Brad Harris reminded the committee that there have been no changes to the Operations Budget Proposal, since the last presentation. Erica Muxlow will redistribute the numbers for the operations budget to the committee 8. Liaison/Nye County Staff/Town Staff Comments (This item limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas). There were no comments. 9. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation regarding the budget. Tom Bolling will provide a status on how the budget has been spent and what we can expect moving forward. This item was removed from the agenda. 10. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation regarding the perimeter fence and sound barrier. Jimmy Lewis explained that the sound barrier will be primarily on the south and west. The idea is that if we can get the wall 20ft or higher, we would have much less impact on the surrounding houses. We have postponed building the sound barrier until we have water available on-site. Jimmy Martinez stated that the well will be available in about 2 months, which will allow the water truck to be filled efficiently. Jimmy Lewis advised that we should wait to cut the pipe until we know how deep they must be inserted into the ground, because we may need the pipe to be 20ft long for 4ft of exposure above the surface. Loyce Seastrunk explained that the pipe can be cut quickly once the sound barrier is formed. We discussed that there is no advantage to leaving the natural terrain in place for the track, and the plan will be to use existing dirt to create the sound barrier. ---PAGE BREAK--- Deb Strickland reminded the committee that we can have a non-quorum meeting including staff members for further guidance and assistance. 11. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation regarding Advisory Board updates on their respective areas. There were no updates. 12. For Possible Action – Discussion and deliberation to set the date and time for the next meeting. Matt Mattoon motioned to set the next meeting to September 1, 2022 at 5pm, Erica Muxlow second. There was no opposition. 13. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Second) There was no public comment. 14. ANNOUNCEMENTS (Second) Brad Harris met with people who are doing a solar project on public lands offered. They were asking how to make the off-highway vehicle people happy. We discussed the impact of solar energy projects to OHV. Jimmy Lewis raised the following question: If the BLM are willing to designate non-pristine areas for solar, could they designate those same areas as recreational use instead? Jimmy Lewis suggested that the OHV officially asks this question. Deb Strickland stated that we can have an agenda to discuss writing a letter in our next meeting. 15. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned.