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Hello, everyone.

Welcome to the Tuesday, February 24th, 2026, regular city council meeting for the City of Mesquite.

We are gonna start off with an invitation from Father Zhoji of the La Virgin de Guadalupe Catholic Church.

Father.

We pray.

Gracious and almighty God, source of all wisdom and goodness.

We gather this day mindful of the privilege and the responsibility of serving this community we love.

We thank you for the gift of this city for its neighborhoods, its businesses, for its families and schools, for its history and its hopes tomorrow hopes for tomorrow.

Thank you for the diversity of the people and the ideas that make our community vibrant and strong.

Today we entrust you, our mayor and the city council members.

Grant them clear minds to discern what is right.

May they stay humble in success and strong in difficult times.

Our first responders, law enforcement officers, public servants, educators, and volunteers, protect them in their duties, and remind them that their work makes a difference.

Bless the work that will be done in this meeting, where there is disagreement, bring respect.

Where there is uncertainty, bring insight.

Where there is difficulty, bring cooperation.

Help all present to speak with honesty, to listen with openness, and to act with shared commitment to the common good.

May this city continue to be a place where families feel safe, business can thrive, and neighbors care for one another.

We place this time in your hands, trusting that you guide all things towards good.

We ask this blessings in your holy name.

Amen.

Thank you, Father.

We'd ask you all, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Pledge.

Every year, cities across the United States set aside March as women's history month, a time to celebrate and honor the sacrifices, advances, and progress women have made throughout history, women and men working together to build a brighter tomorrow for this nation.

Women's leadership, courage, and strength are as vital to our nation as that of men whose names we know so well, but too often women's achievements went unsung.

The contributions were unnoticed, or the credit they deserved went to others.

This is why March is set aside as women's history month.

Here in Mesquite, uh the women's history and culture center honors the stories, visions, hard work, and determination of women who are role models to inspire our future generations.

And not to be missed is the annual inspirational women's display at the museum library, which runs from mid-February to mid-April.

This year's exhibit features 18 groundbreaking women in science, math, and technology.

We should take time in March to celebrate the many inspiring women in the Virgin Valley who strive day in and day out to make our community better.

Women of all ages, living and deceased, who may go unnoticed, but have created a legacy that is a true treasure for our community.

So March is a time to think about sending in a WOMA nomination.

WOMA is an annual award ceremony that recognizes iconic women in the Mesquite, Moapa Valley, and Arizona Strip.

Nominations are open from February through April with the award ceremony the following January and Mesquite being the host city for the WOMA Awards.

So let us not forget what March represents.

For without courageous women, our nation would surely be lacking in the true meaning of freedom, patriotism, strength, and the impact women have made to history and culture for our country.

Now, therefore, I and the City Council proclaim March Women's History Month in Mesquite, Nevada.

Signed Mayor Jesse Whipple.

Let's get all the young women up.

I like it.

Well, then nobody wants a younger girl.

So I would like to introduce the owner of the Grace Valley Dance Company and her dancers.

So Caitlin, take it over.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

Thank you for allowing us to be here tonight.

My name is Caitlin Vent, and I am the owner and director of Grace Valley Dance Company.

This year has been one of remarkable growth for our studio, but more importantly, it has been a year of growth for the young people we serve.

Grace Sally Dance Company works with dancers from preschool age through their teen years.

While we teach technique, discipline, and performance, what we truly focus on is building strong, confident leaders who know how to work hard, support one another, and show up with integrity both on and off the stage.

Over the past year, our dancers have represented our city through local events, regional competitions, and service-based performances.

This year we also reached an exciting milestone by competing at the national level at Disneyland.

That experience allowed our dancers to perform on a larger stage, challenge themselves at a higher level, and proudly represent our community beyond our region.

We know that this was made possible by the support of the community community members.

As you'll see on the backs of their shirts, we've had numerous sponsors.

We have expanded our programs to include multiple pathways, recreational, prep, and elite, so that families can participate in ways that fit their time, budget, and season of life.

This approach has allowed us to grow responsibly while continuing to provide high quality instruction and meaningful opportunities for our dancers.

The impact of this year isn't best measured in numbers or awards, but in moments like this, watching young people stand with confidence, speak with purpose, and represent something bigger than themselves.

I would like to invite two of our dancers to briefly share what Grace Valley has meant to them.

Hi, my name is Faith Guerrero.

Being a part of Grace Valley has helped me grow as a dancer and as a person.

I learned the value of hard work, teamwork, and commitment.

Getting the opportunity to compete and perform, including at nationals, has been an experience I'll always be grateful for.

Hi, my name is Rosalind Ellis.

Grace Valley is a place where we've challenged where we're challenged, supported, and encouraged to do our best.

I've gained friendships, leadership skills, and opportunities to represent our community.

Thank you for supporting programs like ours that invest in youth.

Thank you for your continued support financially, through facilities, and through opportunities to perform and serve.

Because of this community, our dancers are able to grow, give back, and proudly represent our city, even on a national stage.

We're grateful to be a part of this community and excited for what the future holds.

Thank you for your time tonight.

Okay, you go for a smile and up front.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Come around there, come with you.

Thank you.

Good.

Perfect.

Um the girls who like to use something.

They gave it to show everybody.

Okay, thank you, Caitlin, and thank you, girls.

Um, we're gonna go ahead and get started on our opening public comment period.

This is for items that are not on the agenda.

And uh, you have three minutes.

Thank you.

Three.

Did I say three?

Um it's a hard act to follow.

But seeing that wonderful.

Is there something wrong?

Did I turn it off?

Okay, thank you.

That's a hard act to follow.

I love seeing them, and it's so fits in with what I wanted to we wanted to talk about just for a moment.

The Woma nominations are open right now.

And we've been going now, they're gonna run through April the 30th.

We have not received as many as we would like to receive.

And I would like you to think about this.

This is about an intergenerational thing.

We're looking at women who have passed away and influenced our community as well as people who are alive right now that we see, but like young, like this dance instructor and this wonderful group she has.

These are things that are making our city better, and this is what this award ceremony is about.

I want to show you this book talks about a hundred unforgettable Nevada women.

It's published.

How many people in there are from Virgin Valley?

One.

We're gonna use this awards ceremony.

We're gonna get these nominations, and eventually we're gonna get enough.

We will put out our own book, and it's gonna be about Virgin Valley women, living, dead, young, old, who are unforgettable because the word unforgettable mostly is about being written up somewhere, and we want to write them up.

So we're gonna have this award ceremony, but I also want to mention people don't think they're doing enough to receive this award ceremony.

I think you gotta forget that.

Write your story, write why you think you should be nominated.

Let the judges figure it out.

Don't be humble.

I would like to see anybody here write your story, do two things.

Write your story, your nomination, and write a second one about some other women.

We'd like to be overwhelmed with them and let us work with the judges, but give us your story.

We need your story.

We don't want women to not be recognized because they weren't nominated.

It's up to you all, everybody in Mesquite, Moapa Valley, Arizona Strip, to nominate people.

It's easy to do.

Terry can tell you where the spots are you can nominate.

Go, Terry.

Well, we're getting them all across Mesquite right now.

We've got them in the fringe salon, we've got them in the view salon, the Donkey Museum, Senior Center, Recreation Center, Women's Center, and we're working on more.

But like Jean was saying, though, there's so many women who are unrecognized, and we need to recognize them as role models for our young and our young are emerging candidates are making a difference, also.

Yeah.

Oh, we also have in Scenic.

If you're if you're going for your lotto tickets, they're at the store in Scenic, and we're working right now in getting them over to Moapa.

So we'll we'll get there.

And they're in City Hall too.

Yes.

Oh, I left out that.

Terry, they want your last name for the record.

Would you say it for the record?

Thank you.

Thank you, Jim.

Thank you, Terry.

Thank you.

Thank you for the support.

City Council has provided to us for everything that we have been doing.

I can go back and think how long I've been here.

Every step along the way of what we have done, we have received the support of City Council.

We really appreciate it.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Evening back, Council.

Mike Benham.

First of all, I'd like to thank Travis.

He said he would take care of the stones on the sidewalk so the kids wouldn't fall off on people trip.

Good job.

Thank you.

You stood up to your word.

That means a lot.

You might wonder why I'm in dress pants.

I think it's the first time ever in city council.

And there's a good reason.

Today I spent an hour and a half down in Las Vegas with top officials.

A big meeting.

I can't tell you what it's about right now, but I don't hide anything.

And they were very impressed at what I had to say.

And I'm going to leave it at that.

Hope you guys have a good night.

Thank you, Mike.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward.

We're going to go ahead and move on to item two, the consent agenda.

Item 2.1, consideration of approval of the Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 technical review meeting minutes.

And the Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 review regular city council meeting minutes.

And the Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 regular city council meeting agenda.

2.2 consideration of approval of a notification of budget transfer transfers.

B notification of budget amendments.

C notification of bills paid and D purchase orders.

Do we have any questions from council on the consent agenda?

Okay.

Do we have any public comment on the consent agenda?

Okay, seeing none, I'm going to ask for a motion.

Councilman Ennis.

I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

Councilwoman Villing.

I will second that.

Okay, call for the vote.

One is yes.

Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

Um item three, 3.1, Mayor's comments, reports.

Um I know I always sound like a show for the community theater and well, the city in general, because that is kind of my job, right?

But uh they uh ran their six performances of murder on the Orient Express, which is one of my favorite books.

They did an amazing job.

They had record crowds, um multiple sold-out shows.

Um I've never had to worry whether I get my tickets at the door or in advance, and I had to actually make sure I bought them a couple days in advance, so that's a good problem for the theater to have.

I think they sold oh they averaged about 200 people, like 190 something people over six shows.

So pushing pushing 2,000 people or 1,200 people by math.

But uh amazing job, and they just keep getting better and better.

So support the theater.

Um other than that.

We'll go councilwoman Gallo, then councilman Ennis, then Councilman Wandless.

Okay, so I have a few things.

Um just real quick a reminder that the dog gone good dinner.

I had to be careful with that.

Um, the positive hope uh dinners coming up, and that is on March 3rd at the Holiday Inn.

Um the tickets are 55 dollars, and once again, this is to help people in our communities that cannot afford um maybe something's happening with one of their pets, they can't afford to do some maybe maybe it's major surgery or dental.

Um, they're there to help.

So this is a really good cause to be part of.

You all know by didn't keep the flyer state of the city.

Uh the mayor, which uh on March 4th is going to be doing this state of the city.

So thank you, Patrick.

Yep, I have one my flyers.

You would have been mad at me if that didn't.

I have a bunch of flyers.

Also, we have a ribbon cutting for the animal shelter on March 5th.

So that's the fourth, then the fifth um at 10 o'clock at the animal shelter.

Um, we're ready, and thank you so much again, Travis.

And we'll talk more about you and your team, but thank you guys.

Um, I did put some flyers out there.

Um, I received this today from uh Marilyn Kirkpatrick's office.

It's uh a foster a leader, they need phosphors for children, um, and they're going to have an event at or uh a meeting at mesquite rec center on March 7th at 10 a.m., which is a Saturday.

So it's for um fostering children in Clark County.

And then one last thing that I did want to make a comment on.

Um this is a little bit personal.

So someone came up and spoke at the last meeting, and this was during the um election for the Maya Pro Tem, and someone came up, and I'm not gonna say who commented that I did not do my job.

So just real quickly, the mayor had to recuse himself because his wife works for the police department.

At that point, I said to him, I'd like to recuse myself as well, but as Mayor Pro Tem, I needed to continue with the meeting, so I did.

So I did take over the um the agenda item.

Multiple reasons to abstain, but one could have been I volunteer at the animal shelter.

The animal shelter is part of the police department.

Once again, it was important that I recuse myself because I don't I'm trying to stay away away from as much legal in any kind of issues that's going on in this town.

So for those um and for that comment, just want to let you know that I did do the right thing, and I did do my job.

So thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Councilman Ennis.

Just a couple of things on the veteran side of the house.

Um, we're gonna be holding our blood drive again on March 6th, uh, down to Veterans Center.

You're gonna be there from 9 to 3.

There's already 19 folks signed up, so we needed a couple more people who's willing to give up uh the blood.

And then the Veterans Mobile Clinic was another was another success.

Um, and so they're coming back again on March 19th.

Uh, they had enough uh veterans in there to keep them busy until about noon o'clock, and so they'll be back on March 19th to do it all over again.

Thank you.

Councilman Wandless.

I was just gonna suggest you might want to tell people you're actually doing the state of the city in eight days, but councilwoman Gallo did a great job at that, so I'll just recuse myself right now.

Yeah, um, do we have any other director Anderson?

Yes, thank you.

Uh this is becoming a habit, isn't it?

Um, so there's big news.

Thank you, Councilwoman Gallo.

Uh the ribbon cutting, we're very excited.

Um, and we really encourage all of the public to come out.

We're so very proud of the building that is there, and for being able to offer that to the volunteers and uh police officers and and everyone that's involved.

Um the big news this week is um this Sunday night, just like we had to do with the intersection of Riverside Road and Mesquite Boulevard.

This weekend is the intersection of Mesquite Boulevard and Grapevine.

So we will be shutting that intersection down again so we can mill and fill that in from starting on Sunday night at 7 p.m.

And then we're hoping to get that faster than we did last time, but we're going that closure is till Monday morning or at noon.

So we have sent out uh notices to all of the businesses in that direct area.

I've also sent that out to all of the HO or I'm sorry, the property management groups to try to get that.

We have a message board truck.

Um again, this is we're doing this um to try to limit the impact, and so it's a short time.

Um, but yeah, that unfortunately we have many of these that are major intersections, and um there's no way around it.

Um so but we do think again, I I know I say this every week, but I want to thank all of the public.

You guys have been awesome.

I know this is not the funnest fun ever.

Um we're definitely but I really do appreciate everyone's patience during this construction, and we're going to be so proud of this roadway when it is completely done and reworked.

And so again, thank you to the public for all of your patience.

And if you do have anything, please I'm always open.

Give me a call, um, and we can talk through if there's any issues on that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Gallery.

I just wanted to say thank you so much for that lighted hardy way in Falcon Ridge.

It's working perfectly, and it's really really helping everybody get through where they have to go, and it feels a lot safer.

So really great job over there.

It is, and one thing uh thank you for bringing that up.

We did find um I had a gentleman call me yesterday um bring to our attention that some of the it wasn't flowing as well as what we needed it to.

Um, and so we've worked through that today, and and actually uh it's working even better.

So thank you very much.

Thank you, Travis.

Any other reports from okay.

Very good.

We're gonna move on to four.

Oh, we are pulling item 4.3, just for your information.

It was not properly agendized on uh the website.

Um so we're gonna pull it.

Well, let's go back to 4.1 consideration and direction on a CCC HP application for the restoration and future use of the Rock House Relief Society House and Settlers Square.

Thank you, Mayor and City Council.

Um, this is about the grant applications regarding the historic preservation.

Uh however, uh I mean city council may not want to apply for it in that case still.

We wanna uh actually we need the direction from the city council about the usage of those uh historic properties.

So this is about the uh $50,000 uh grant for each project.

And uh they initially uh closed this uh um they they actually require intent to apply first before actually application is filed.

So this intent to apply was uh deadline was like uh sometime November, and then when I uh first met this, it was about a couple of days uh before the deadline.

So I thought, well, yeah, too late, and then they extended their deadline, and I thought that there is no options but to apply.

So I submitted an intent to apply.

Uh, and then uh it is about the rehabilitation and construction project, and uh on February 4th, uh they said that they're gonna reply with the comments, but they said they just apply for the application.

So I thought that that was the good sign, but uh we we need to see uh what will happen.

Uh the uh application due is April 30, so we have we've got a little bit of time, and uh award hearing will be the June, and then uh the project completion date is uh about uh two years away.

So uh I initially applied with uh Rock Rock House, Liluk Society House and Settler's Square.

And previously I applied uh a few uh the grant applications at the time I had uh a lot of information through the visioning survey and uh uh economic development analysis and uh urban design.

All those information was available, so application was easy.

In this case, I don't have any information whatsoever about the future usage of this property.

So that's why I I brought this uh to the city council's attention.

The Rock House was built about 1880, and the relief society house was built in 1929.

Uh both are the probably the uh most uh oldest structures in in the city.

And uh there he rehabilitation projects uh protect the city's small town heritage, and I believe strengthen the emerging historic arts district.

So this is the location of those uh two structures.

And uh this is the current view uh of the Rock House, Relief Society House and Settlers Square, and uh Lock Rock House.

Uh it is the oldest standing house in Mosquite and continuously used uh on uh from 1894 until 2003.

Uh the original portion of the house dates uh about 1880, but uh um the occupation uh but uh that that uh there is uh uh the yeah Adobe leaned to uh and that was added later on.

And this is the in interior uh pictures.

Uh if you look at it, there are some uh the you can see the lights in between the roof and the wall, and the wall is not actually in a good situation condition right now, and uh doors broken.

Uh so I had the key, but I didn't need to get in there, which which was a good part.

Uh and then uh the fireplace, it looks really nice.

Uh, and then uh the war situation, and uh there are some uh things need to be uh cured.

And uh this is the current look.

And if you look at more closely, you'll find there is a structural issues too.

So uh we need to fix those.

Uh and the Relief Society House 1929.

And uh it uh it was initially located in the Vajambali Heritage Park property, and it was relocated uh to the current location.

Uh so uh when the uh location of the historic property is removed and that value is actually discounted.

Uh but when you look at the inside interior is uh pretty nice comparing to the rock house.

Um this is the current and so um step recommends the city council uh determine future uses of the rock house, relief society house and settler square, and then uh director step to work on the CCCHP grants uh with the priorities of the following.

That is my recommendation.

So city council may change it.

Uh first thing I thought was the struct structural integrity need to be fixed.

Um that rock house uh condition is not quite good at this point, and then exterior building facade improvement uh should come next, and then interior improvements, and then maybe utility connections, and then satular square landscaping.

Um I put that landscaping, I mean lower in a rank because uh if we need to fix the house, uh construction equipment need to get in and out.

So uh landscaping probably should be uh do it to the uh later uh in the phase.

That's it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Simon.

Um Councilman Parrish.

I've had a couple of uh Mosquite citizens call me about the Relief Society House, and I would think with the uh first Friday program that we've got going already, it'd be behoove us to get these buildings up to speed, and that could be part of the tour, right?

I mean they're sitting right there.

I mean, and we got grants that we can use.

Um we can keep applying for grants, and if we get an extra nickel here or there, we can throw that at it also.

But I think these three buildings need to be preserved, they're part of the heritage of Musquite, and so let's uh let's approve him to go ahead and get as many grants as possible and get this done.

Thank you.

Councilman Wallace.

All these buildings are on the Mesquite historical registry, I assume.

Yes.

I know a lot of people who live in Mesquite haven't been here very long.

But the heritage of this city and where it came from is something that's extremely important to those who have.

And I think we owe it to them to do exactly what Kevin Parrish just said, and make sure we do what we can, get go for all the grants we can and make sure these historical buildings always stay in Mesquite so people can see where mesquite came from and the beginnings of this city.

So I applaud you for your effort, and I approve this all the way.

Councilwoman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

So in here it says that the city has already reserved 150,000, and that's through the RDA.

Correct.

I'm sorry, Bryce, to call you out.

But no, you're fine.

Yeah, it was it was initially listed as on the RDA 25 funding as an earmark, but I know we're probably gonna have to move that to the 26.

And I don't have the I don't have the projects in front of me, but I do know that was being discussed with that.

But that was from the RDA fence that the RDA board approved a while ago for the restoration of that.

So I think we need to move forward with the 150,000 that we have now and keep going after grants, like um Councilman Parrish and Councilman Wanless that you know it's our history here, and we need to get them up and running because if I have to see that cyclone fence around them for another year, it's it's not doing us any good.

So all right, thank you.

Okay, any other questions from council?

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna go ahead and open it up for public comment.

David Baldwin, um, some legacy information.

Uh uh Mr.

Anderson may remember, but uh in about 2012-2013, there was some engineering work.

It was proposed somebody was gonna come in and work on the roof of the uh rock house, and it was determined at that time that the walls and everything were just completely unstable to uh to try to touch the roof.

So all I want to do is I'm I'm all in favor of restoring these properties.

The thing I don't want to see us get into is not have enough funds, so we get into some renovation and we get into catastrophe where we uh walls are collapsing or something like that.

And I don't know if you remember that it was under uh Mayor Mark Ware at the time it was 2012, 2013, somewhere in that neighborhood that there was a bunch of engineering work done, and they said it the costum the money at the time was just not available because of the instability of the walls.

You start messing with the roof and the and the old beam, the old beat beam system that they were afraid the walls were gonna come down.

So we need to just make sure that whatever we delving into 150,000 sounds like a lot of money.

But man, when you get into that kind of restoration, that's that's a drop in the bucket.

I mean, you could easily all of a sudden need a million bucks to put it up.

So just please call us about where we go, where we get into, and what kind of problems we're gonna get into if we don't destroy it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave.

Or maybe one at a time.

Yeah, please do.

Yeah, we yeah, horrible noises.

See, okay, uh Gary Elgart.

Um I think this is great, and I think all of us should recognize that we owe a real debt of gratitude to Simon and his attention to detail and how much he cares about this city.

I mean, he hasn't been here very long.

He he moved into Suntero, a nice little neighborhood.

But uh he he has done so much for the city in the time he's been here, and I I think we need to really pay attention to that and be thankful for it.

Thank you, Gary.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward.

I'm gonna turn it back over to council.

Any questions?

Councilman Gellow.

Have we started on any of the grants or where are we at?

No, we haven't.

Uh the RDA funds, we do have those.

Um, there was the justice facility and other projects we were working on, but um there was that uh movement with the money with the RDA committee to give that to the city, and then but then they did start a new 30-year cycle, so we do have those funds available as well.

So, but nothing's been we don't have purchase orders out or anything, but it is one of the listed projects.

Because it sounds to me like 150,000 isn't gonna do a whole lot, especially with three buildings.

So um, whatever we can do to get some additional money because we're still gonna need that the you know what the RDA funds, but it's I I don't think it's gonna be enough to do the walls in one of the buildings, actually.

So I think to um gentleman's point, we if get it started on that right away, it'd be great.

Okay.

Councilman Parish director's question to Simon.

Other than the $50,000 grant that you're presently that's right in front of you, it is there other grant money available for historic restoration.

Um that you're aware of.

Yeah, that is the currently available grants.

Um councilwoman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

So I think it would be advantageous for us to start getting bids on what we need to do.

So then we know how much we're gonna need.

And like Mr.

Baldwig's or sorry, like somebody stated, you know, it's gonna be more than what we have.

And that way um Martin can call an RDA meeting once we have those bids, so we know where to go and what direction to go.

But I'm all for getting as many grants as we have, but we could start with one building and then the other, but I'd like to see it all done, that whole corner done.

So that's kind of the direction I would like to go as well.

Is just start with getting the bids, what's it gonna cost, and then we have a number.

Got it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, seeing nobody else lighting up, I will ask for a motion, councilman parrish.

Excuse me I'd like to make a motion to uh direct staff to get um minimum of three bids per building for complete restoration of those buildings.

Um may I uh there is only two buildings.

Yeah, Rock House, the Rule Society House, and uh the other one is a square.

Um the yard area yard area three areas is that a better word?

Should I use three areas instead of three buildings?

I I think this item, councilman is basically to allow Simon to ask for the grants.

Is that that correct?

So I think the motion should say basically direct staff to ask for the grants, and then do we need to make a motion to just yeah, and I'd be more comfortable with that because the you know the details of that isn't something on the agenda about like what to do or the specifics of that.

Maybe that could be put into Simon's hands as part of that grant application process.

Um that's somebody else make the motion.

You're doing good, Kevin.

Um, councilwoman Gallo.

You want to make okay, so I will make a motion to proceed with uh the grants for the two buildings that we're talking about.

Um, and we'll take it from there.

Okay, councilman won this.

I'll second that.

Okay, call for the vote.

Building night.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 4.2 consideration of an amendment to the municipal code to adopt regulations regarding e-bikes, e-scooters, etc.

Mr.

Anderson, which Mr.

Anderson?

Okay.

So um this is a proposed change to the the code, you know, regarding e-bikes and scooters and bicycles.

And my intent with this agenda item is to get it out there, get into the public.

There's a formal process that needs to be followed for it to be formally adopted.

And so the idea of tonight is get the public's input if any, get the council's input if any, and then the result of the conversation will give me some good direction on what changes need to be made to this proposed, and then we'll formally present the resolution and go through the steps in order to formally adopt it as part of the code.

So this is just an initial step.

We can't adopt this or change the code tonight.

There'd have to be um, you know, we need we'd have to introduce a bill as an ordinance, and then you ought to have a public hearing.

There's different things, but again, my intent was get this out there, get the feedback.

I can sit at my desk and think through things, but I don't know everything.

And so and Tracy did an initial draft on this, she fails did, and then I took a look at it.

And so now we need feedback from everybody else, and then we'll go from there.

But this is obviously an issue that's been coming up, and so we're hoping to address it.

Thank you.

Councilman Parrish.

Oh, okay.

Do we have any questions for Adam?

Councilwoman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, I think that Trace um Captain or Chief Fells and Mr.

Anderson has done a great job with this um new draft.

Um, the one thing that I think um needs to be on here is when we talk about kids under 16 um riding in the street kind of disturbs me a little bit.

Um I would like to see that any kid under 16 can ride on the sidewalk around the city of Missskite.

I would not want to jeopardize anybody riding an ease bike or e-scooter um in the bike lane.

Um that to me, if they don't have uh driver's permit, they haven't went through the education.

If they're 16 over and they have a driver's license, then they know the the turn left signals and turn right signals and stuff.

I just don't want to put our kids um in jeopardy on any of our roadways with these um e-bikes or e-scooters, and they go faster than some cars going down the boulevard.

So I'd like to protect them as much as I can and let them ride on the sidewalks where there is no roadway available.

So let me clarify just to make sure I understand.

So the way it's written right now, it says minors under the age of 16, they could ride in the roadway, but they have to be accompanied by an adult.

And so you you would prefer that they just shouldn't be in the roadway at all, even if they're accompanied by an adult, or help me help me understand how we would change.

I I think that's the kids under 16, yes, should be able to ride on the sidewalk.

And and they would, they'd be required under the current language, because in for for them to be in the roadway, at least how the this draft is prepared, they'd have to have an adult with them if they're under 16.

Under the thinking, and I tangled with this one, right?

Because, like, well, we've got the travel lanes, and you've got um, you know, different areas where they could be riding where they're not right in the roadway, you know.

Um, but ultimately my thought was if they're 16 and older, they could have a driver's license, they could understand the rules of the road, and so they would be just like an adult, they'd be able to drive out there.

But under 16, well, no, we've got to get um an adult with them.

Like if you're riding side by side with your bike, you know, but that that's the purpose of this, right?

If if there's um concern or we think we should do it better, you know, I give me that feedback.

Right, and under 16, I I mean, they've got to be with an adult, and I don't see very many adults writing with kids under 16 anyhow.

I mean, hardly ever.

Yeah.

So in that case, the this or this change to the code would say, okay, you've got to be on the sidewalk then.

Could not be in the roadway.

And and and as as if if that is clarified, I'm good with that because I don't want any mishaps on the roadway with anybody.

So all right, thanks, Adam.

Okay, very good.

Councilman Ennis.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one, Adam.

But according to 6-9-4 Bravo B, it says minors under the age of 16 shall not operate a bicycle, electric bike, electric scooter upon our roadway unless accompanied by an adult.

So that I think that sort of covers what she was trying to say.

Yep, that's what I was referring to.

That's the section that says, look, if you can't be on the roadway if you're under 16, you got to be on the sidewalk.

But but doesn't say they have to be on the sidewalk.

So we could put extra language in there that just it implies obviously that they would need to be on the sidewalk, but like we could add something like that in.

Councilman Wallace.

Those are all good points.

I I think younger kids certainly need to be on the sidewalk as you matriculate past elementary school and junior high, those kids sometimes they seem to have a more of a need for speed, and then perhaps the sidewalks become dangerous for people who are walking.

My my thought is that we we find a break point in there, but most importantly, they have to wear helmets, and there has to be a speed limit for them where they have control.

And if we could we can do that, and we can get that age group between elementary and high school when they don't have driver's license, but they're just a little bit crazier.

Maybe we tell them they have to ride in the middle of the road.

No, I'm just kidding.

But maybe maybe maybe we have different rules for them too.

I also don't want to see people on the sidewalk getting hurt because people are going too fast.

But helmets are the most important thing, I think, in this ordinance.

And the thing Chief Fells, I think, should be focused on the most by the police department.

Make sure these kids are safe if they happen to fall.

And um the ordinance does require any minor to be wearing a helmet, and it's recommended for everybody.

We put in the language.

Um regarding your other comment, we could do something.

I mean, I don't know how, and if and Chief Fails, if you have any suggestions or input, you can definitely let us know.

But um, you know, you can say age zero to 12, you gotta be on the sidewalk, 12 to 16.

Um, you know, you can't be in a in a travel lane, right?

But you could be to the right of the travel lanes.

Um, it could be something like that, but I'd need to have consensus or direction from the council.

Because there's kind of when I tangled with that issue, I'm thinking, well, you're you're not on the sidewalk, you're I don't know why the the word is sleeping my mind, like not the travel lane, but what's in between the travel lane and the sidewalk.

Why can't I think of the shoulder?

The shoulder.

I don't know why I couldn't.

I was reading that.

You're you're driving, you know, you know, you're riding your bike along the shoulder, there's a car parked there, you're gonna come out closer into the roadway to get around it.

And so the thought, or or there might be a car that comes to turn right into the shoulder.

And so my thinking at the end of the day was well, if we're gonna we want the kids under 16 who don't have those kind of rules of the road knowledge or you know, purported knowledge.

Well, you just gotta be on the sidewalk.

Um, but we definitely could do it different, where it's you know, well, 12 to 16, you know.

I those officers they should be able to tell the age of any kid they see, right?

At any time, yeah.

That's gonna be a problem.

And so, but that's why you know the purpose of the discussion.

So yeah, the the roadway, everybody is understand the roadway is from the out from the outside of the sidewalk.

The sidewalk's part of the roadway is the legal terms, right?

So, what we need to decipher is like, are we gonna let them and they should be able to like probably use the bike lanes if there's a bike lane, that kind of thing.

They should be able to use that area if there's if that's available.

So the shoulder of the road, we just don't want them driving down travel lanes when they're not when they're not old enough, right?

So, like being on the sidewalk or like just a foot or a couple of feet off the sidewalk and traveling, you know, where car I guess the park lane, the shoulder, whatever you want to call it, um, is then I I believe that's acceptable.

Um, you know, kids ride in these e-scooters and and also the younger kids need to be on the sidewalk, right?

Because that's probably the safest place for them.

But yeah, does it is it gonna cause conflicts with pedestrians, of course.

But it already does, right?

Kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk, cause pedestrian conflicts.

We do have these great sidewalks in the ski, though, they're like 20 feet wide, right?

So we have some really nice sidewalks, so I don't think that'll be big issue.

Um, we already have people that ride their bikes, you know, on the sidewalks and stuff, and it's doesn't cause we have I have no I do not know of a complaint about that.

So um, but yeah, the that shoulder of the road is one of the safest places for them.

So we just don't want them out driving where the cars are.

So yeah, the shoulder is a good slot.

I don't know, we'd have to just decipher that the travel the park lane and the um and the bicycle lane.

So then do we want to define an age or do we just say anybody, you know, any minor can't be in the travel lane, but they can be in the I think we'll have to go by height because my guys can measure well then I'm 12.

Yeah, if they're five foot, if they're if they're five foot two and under, they have to be on the side.

It's all kinds of problems there.

It's yeah, there's some caveats there, and then us making contact for those reasons.

I mean, um, there's yeah, a lot of a lot of you know complications when you start saying everybody between 10 and 12 is this and eight and ten, you know, yeah, it's gonna be rough.

So um, I think if someone I think you should probably I I think mostly it should be like if they're a licensed or permitted driver, if they have a license or permitted driver, um, is one thing, and if they don't, it's another.

So that might be the easiest way to like say, okay, well, if you have a driver's license or you've got a learner's permit, then you understand the rules of the road, you can then you can be in the road.

Um there's yeah a lot of a lot of you know complications when you start saying everybody between 10 and 12 is this and eight and ten you know yeah it's gonna be rough so um I think if I think you should probably I I think mostly it should be like if they're a licensed or permitted driver if they have a license or permitted driver um is one thing and if they don't it's another so that might be the easiest way to like say okay well if you have a driver's license or you've got a learner's permit then you understand the rules of the road you can then you can be in the road you can be in the travel lanes and turning left and do your thing if you don't have that then you probably should be on uh to the far furthest so the way this day law reads is like the furthest outer section of the roadway requires you to be on the shoulder basically requires you be on the shoulder or the sidewalk and that's probably we should just mimic that in my thoughts okay councilwoman filing so then I would say 16 and under well as Adam said zero to 16 need to be those zeroes they can get going on those little bites it's like I don't know um so right so zero to sixteen sidewalk sixteen over the outer the outer edge of the roadway oh yeah and part part of what I understood from Tracy that it's a 15 then it's say it's one of the safest places the shoulder like not not in a travel lane obviously but allow them to be in the shoulder but in order to be in a travel lane you know where you're because you can ride a bike and you need to turn left you got to cross the lanes to turn left and so that would only be permitted if you also have a driver's license or 16 over that but anything under 16 you got to be in the shoulder or the sidewalk.

Right and that protects and either or correct so the ordinance is going to say either or not right one or the other.

Right we can do it that way.

Because I've I've seen some people who actually look behind them when they change the lanes put their arm out when they're gonna take a left I've seen so many people on on e-bikes and scooters who you know they follow the rules of the road so but they look older as well.

Yeah and that that is part I mean as part of the ordinance I indicate that they need to follow all of those applicable rules unless otherwise excluded by our state statute.

So all that's implied within that you got to do the hand signaling you got to you know if you're out there crossing the lanes cancelwoman gallery so just to clarify because we're talking about 16 year olds what if they don't have their permit or their driver's license I think to um Chief Fail's point they need to be basically licensed or yeah if that's what we go with then we don't want to use age.

You got to be on the shoulder like I I think it's a good point.

If the dividing line is driver's license or a permit that implies that you know the rules if you don't know the rules then you need to kind of not be in the in the actual roadway.

So rat rather than looking at age we want to look at permit their license status yeah and I I was going to make a point I think it's kind of interesting that the kids want to ride on the sidewalk but all the walkers always walk in the street.

So it's like we never seem to get things straight.

So if we can make that clarification I think so then what is it what if a 15 year old needs to turn left on a road and he doesn't have his permit right all these different I guess you got to go around right to go to the crosswalk you'd be yeah go to the crosswalk or the crosswalk and then walk it across and you're good to go three right three rights get around and they'll have to get it all figured out but no I I I like that I appreciate the feedback so far.

Okay I'm gonna go ahead and open it up for public comment Mike Benham again I've been following uh this on channel 13 news with Henderson I believe on March 3rd or 4th it's gonna be brought up before the council and open uh forum for the public and then they're gonna vote you have to be 18 or under to wear a helmet anybody under 18 has to wear a helmet fines will be imposed not to the kid but to the parent and as we all know when the seatbelt law came out right I ain't gonna wear the seat belt and then what wood okay buddy there's a hundred dollar ticket shit I'm wearing my seatbelt right how many of you got caught not wearing a seatbelt there's one thanks for being honest but I'm all for safety for the kids I was going to bring a couple of pictures tonight um I have probably one of the hardest heads that you've ever seen playing soccer built up my muscles and unfortunately I tripped in my backyard by my side door and I hit the side of the arch with my head I hit it so hard I went in and looked at and I went oh my god I'm missing all my eyebrows where are they I went out they were in the stock hope that's how hard no seriously that's how hard I hit that corner luckily it was rounded and not square and I I have never had a concussion but we all know that kids their heads are not built like ours they haven't matured enough and I'm really worried about one of the kids falling off and hitting the side of the curb you know I mean we have to protect the kids do whatever

Where are they?

I went out, they were in the stock hope.

That's how hard.

No, seriously.

That's how hard I hit that corner.

Luckily, it was rounded and not square.

And I I have never had a concussion.

But we all know that kids, their heads are not built like ours.

They haven't matured enough.

And I'm really worried about one of the kids falling off and hitting the side of the curb.

You know, I mean, we have to protect the kids.

Do whatever you have to do.

I'm all for it.

Just make sure the kids wear the helmets, because as we know, you were sitting by my fence the other day, right?

Kid went right flying past, no helmet.

The two girls had the helmets strapped to the handlebar.

Great handlebar is going to be protected.

We have to educate the kids as well.

Maybe that's a program we should look at.

Educate all the kids on what to do.

Maybe have a class where their parents are there and say, hey, look, this is what we got to do.

G files can do that.

You know, it's not a big deal.

Let's make sure all our kids are safe.

And like somebody said, there's a lot of people in my development trial side, they walk on the sidewalks.

I don't want to see any of them getting hit.

I mean, if a kid's coming down at 10, 15 miles an hour on a scooter, and I got my walking stick, I ain't gonna get out of that way.

There ain't no doubt about that.

And we don't want any people getting hurt.

So that's my thought on it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mike.

Sheila Gustave Mesquite.

I have a real problem when you say on the sidewalk, W A L K.

That means it does not mean you ride a scooter.

I walk, and I walk on the sidewalk.

And I still am harassed by the bikers because they do not pay any attention to the walkers.

If you allow them on the sidewalk, we're done for.

Thank you.

Thank you, Sheila.

David Baldwick, two things.

Um NRS requires motorcyclists wears helmets.

People on mopeds ride helmets.

I think helmets should be mandatory all the way across the line.

I mean, these e-bikes.

I mean, you can't do it probably for a pedal bike, but any powered bike uh should be mandatory to wear a helmet because motor scooters, I mean, uh mopeds are actually listed in NRS.

Second thing is one of the most disconcerting things when you're driving in town is when people come down a sidewalk against traffic.

So if you if the traffic's heading, I'll use I'll use Sauk Ridge Parkway.

So the traffic's heading north on the on the east side there, people will be coming south there, and and you're gonna make a right-hand turn or whatever it may be.

And the next thing you notice you're looking left, see where the traffic's coming, people turning.

Next thing you turn over here and hear somebody scoot with the bike coming, but you don't absolutely don't expect to be there.

So I think if they're on the sidewalk, I think we need to make sure they're going with traffic, so they're on the side of the road with traffic.

And also I drive pioneer a lot.

That's kind of my main thoroughfare to the my business.

Uh and another thing, this this I think would be already be illegal, but the number of people on bikes and things that are actually coming at you on the wrong side.

So I'm heading west, as it were.

I got people that are heading east in their bound lane because of the golf courses and everything else.

They don't they don't bother crossing the road using a crosswalk, everything.

So I think that needs to be, but please make sure if we we allow people on the sidewalks, which I think is uh is problematic in itself, but if we do, they have to be on the side following traffic, flow with traffic.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave.

Council members, my name is Bob Bradbury, a resident of um Mesquite.

First of all, I'm surprised to find that bicycles even can ride on sidewalks.

They've always been considered vehicles everywhere I've lived in the past, and you needed to know the rules of the road, including signaling, lane changing, etc.

My greatest concern is we've recognized that some of the people that operate these vehicles do not have the skill level to do so safely in the roadway to the right of the curb in the bike lane, whatever you might want it to be, by requiring them, same riders, same skill sets, to move up onto the sidewalk doesn't eliminate the danger.

It simply relocates it.

If the concern is these youngsters' inability to operate this vehicle that travels pretty quickly, we've all seen them, um, that they don't have the ability to do so, putting them on the sidewalk's not going to eliminate that.

In fact, the danger kind of shifts from them to any pedestrian, as the other gentleman just mentioned, riding in the wrong direction, shooting off the sidewalk, not thinking about the traffic that's coming.

So I I find that a little irresponsible to simply move it onto the sidewalk.

I think you need to leave it into the street and address the safety issues accordingly.

Ultimately, it's the parents' responsibility for their kids to operate these safely.

And if they can't do that on the roadway to the right to the curb, doing so on the sidewalk's not going to be any better.

Thank you.

Thank you, Bob.

Good evening.

Mayor, Council, Dominic Olivetto.

I have a real problem with this.

I mean, if it's got a motor on it, it's not a bicycle.

I mean, I have e-bikes past me when I'm doing 35 on the street.

Now you're gonna let a 12-year-old kid with an e-bike go riding down the sidewalk 35 miles an hour.

I think if it's got a motor on it, they ought to have a driver's license.

If it's a pedal bike, that's a different story.

Because they go way too fast, and these kids are not skilled.

And if 35 miles an hour, one of those uh styrofoam helmets, you might as well give them some bubble wrap.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dominic.

That's a note I made for myself, Gary Elgord Mesquite.

Um, yeah, upside down.

But anyway.

You're gonna tell kids in eighth grade they can't ride the school unless they're on the sidewalk.

Do you guarantee that every kid can get to their school on the sidewalk from their house?

Because I used to ride my bike to school all the time.

And now this says if you're under 16, if you can't stay on the sidewalk, now you finally added the side in.

So thank you.

Take that away.

Um, but I'll still stick with crazy that this whole issue, I think got brought up about e-bikes.

E-bikes are are not bicycles.

Yes, they're two wheels, but a bicycle, most bicycles weigh 20 to 50 pounds, maybe.

A big fat one weighs 50 pounds.

These e-bikes top 100 pounds a lot of times, and you're gonna allow them to be on sidewalks with pedestrians.

The pedestrian is not, you you can't even survive that.

You could survive getting hit by a kid on a on a regular bicycle.

You won't be happy, but you get tagged by an e-bike on a sidewalk, there's real damage gonna occur.

And and I really believe this whole thing got brought up originally about e-bikes on the sidewalks, and here we're saying go ahead, ride e-bikes on the sidewalks.

They're they're way too massive a vehicle.

I mean, you put a speed limit on it, great 15, but I've seen people could barely get off the e-bike and hold it up, some of them.

They're dangerous, heavy things, and they should not be on the sidewalk with pedestrians.

That part of it shouldn't be allowed at all.

E-bikes should not be on but on sidewalks, period, no matter who's riding it.

Thank you, Gary.

Council members, Mayor Becky Peterson.

My husband and I do own e-bikes.

We have the electric bikes.

It weighs about 75 pounds.

It goes 28 miles an hour.

I've got mine up to 17, and I let it go.

They go way too fast.

I've got teenage grandkids when they come to visit us.

That's one of the first things they want to do is get on the e-bikes, and I know need for speed.

Any child that is given an e-bike or those electric scooters need to have the training on how to handle them.

I used to work at the airport in Salt Lake City, and I don't know how many of my coworkers, adults, that would ride their scooters from the parking lot into the terminals, and they'd hit a rock, and next thing you know, they're in the emergency room.

E-bikes are fun.

We've got a little cart for our dogs that get in it and go along with us.

They're a riot.

But to have a child on an e-bike on the sidewalk, having that need for speed, and I'm walking with my dogs or anybody else that's walking, knowing that those kids don't really understand or care, unfortunately.

Um I don't want to deny them that fun, but the training, the learning, the knowledge of how to handle them and the speed limits.

Yeah, some of them are really, really heavy, some of them do go more uh miles per hour than what I've got, but they they can be a danger to not only the kids on the bikes, but to us as pedestrians.

Thanks.

Thank you, Becky.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward before I turn it back over to council.

Uh Chief Fells, could you come back up?

Um I'm just gonna have Chief explain.

I think this will be helpful, or at least informational of the things that the PD has done at the schools as far as you know, educating and so what we talked about earlier.

So we started in early, it was like late mid-October, I shouldn't say earlier.

But we started in October with a can't with like information.

Um we sent out flyers to all the um they had the school has email lists or whatever for all the parents.

So we sent out fly out flyers that educated the the parents on what an e-bike is, what an electric motorcycle is, the e-scooters, the the existing NRS that is Nevada law that's in place already.

Um, and some of the other stuff was traffic safety, you know, quit you turning in on school zones, that kind of stuff.

But we started out there.

Um we we we uh I also had each SRO go to every classroom.

Each classroom has had a educational class on helmet safety, um, spoke to every child in all the schools.

Well, the middle school and the elementary school.

Um after that, we um waited after that was prior to Christmas, trying to get make sure that we had all that information out.

We've given out hundreds of helmets um through different programs and stuff like that in the last in the last several months.

Um after that, we had uh we went back to the flyers again after Christmas.

The idea was before Christmas, before parents go and buy a bicycle or a or a scooter or whatever that they be educated on what the differences are because there's a lot of misconception on what is electric motorcycle, what is an e-bike.

If it doesn't have pedals and it's upright, it's you know, there's it's it's an electric motorcycle versus a scooter, which you stand on top of, right?

So there was a lot of misconception on what one was, what the requirements are.

Electric motorcycles required to be registered, licensed, you have to have DOT helmets, the whole thing.

Um, if they can't be, then they're illegal on the roadway.

Um, so we went through all those flyers, we sent those out to all the parents, and then after Christmas, we did it again.

Um after and then in jail, and we sent out the flyers again, made sure that all that stuff was like circulated so that everybody was aware of it.

Um, and then in January we had uh full, we had uh assemblies to to re-educ, like talk about helmet safety.

Um we gave out another helmets, another 100 helmets on that assembly.

Um we we re-educated everybody, like, hey, this is you know, helmet safety.

We've spoken to the kids one on ones, our SROs are giving out um, like if you wear your helmet to school when you ride your scooter or whatever, well the they're giving out uh they were giving out coupons, we were getting donations from local businesses, you know, about get a free hamburger or some tacos or you know, a donut or something like that.

So we were we were trying to get we're trying to reward the kids for for compliance with the helmets, um, but they're kids.

Um, and they and they have parents um that have been notified, and I'm every parent in town is aware of the situation, right?

Like if you're on Facebook or anything like that, you understand that there's a there's that this is an evolving problem, and everybody's aware of it.

So, yeah, it's a parenting issue.

Like we need the parents to help us.

Um, we can't, I mean, I don't have enough guys to you know be everywhere to do everything.

So we gotta have we gotta have some some help from the community, but we've done we've done and are continuing.

We in fact we were working on getting more coupons and stuff this afternoon for more to to reward the kids that do wear their home modes.

But yeah, we've we've uh been very proactive for the last several months trying to get it going and trying to get some cooperation.

So doing our best.

Thank you, Chief.

Um councilwoman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

I have a question for Mr.

Anderson.

Any meaning, my no, just kidding.

Adam.

Why is it on here that under 6.9.3 equipment how much are recommended?

Why is it not saying mandatory?

What it says later that it is mandatory, it is required for minors, but not for everybody.

That's how many of the other ordinances like this is based off of the county ordinance, and so that's how it is a lot in the in the valley in this in southern Nevada that for miners it's required, but for everyone it's not, you know, it was suggested to make it required for everyone.

That's the that's the policy decision that you all get to make.

So this is what is more common.

Um, but if you want to choose something different, then we can definitely choose something different.

Well, because you know, after hearing people talk about you know their brains and stuff, I feel like it should be mandatory, just like it's two wheels like a motorcycle, and they're going 35 miles an hour.

That it should be mandatory for everybody, not just 16.

When you're saying minor, you're talking 16 and this would be 18 and under because of 18 and under.

Well, under 18, sorry.

19 and under?

Under 18.

Under 18.

And I think for me myself, I think mandatory is huge.

I mean, I I truly do.

Um, it's gonna be harder for the PD to enforce that, but I mean, I wore a helmet, I wasn't reckless when I was riding my bike when I was little.

I didn't have it on my handlebars because it was mandatory for me when I was little by my parents to wear a helmet.

So um, I I that's my opinion.

I think it needs to be mandatory versus recommended for everybody.

So that's just my two sets.

Thanks.

Councilman Parish.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, other than the helmets, I think the two biggest issues are sidewalks and just general bicycle safety.

Um, when I was growing up, the first thing my dad taught me was is I always rode with traffic.

And I witnessed like the public speaker, I can't say your name, but they're going against traffic.

I see it all the time, and that's that's an accident waiting to happen.

I mean, somebody's gonna get mounted on somebody's hood.

So I would like to direct our attorney.

Two things.

I really like the idea of shoulder only, no sidewalk.

Um we have the widest roads in Nevada.

Um, thanks to this Anderson over here, we got really wide roads.

We have um turn lanes, um, we got bike paths, we've got all of that.

These guys do not need to be on sidewalks.

Somebody's gonna get run over, and then yeah, all that.

So I would direct our other Anderson to take sidewalks totally out of it.

And the second thing is is I would like to see something in writing that you have to ride with traffic.

If you're gonna go to a crosswalk and cross the road to get to McDonald's, so be it.

That's what you have to do if you're walking.

So I think we need an ordinance where all bicycles, e-bikes, scooters are going with traffic.

Thank you.

Councilman Ennis.

The uh sidewalk issue, me.

Well, I was growing up, I was lucky I had tractors to drive, not bikes, and so great thing being on a farm.

But um the sidewalk issue, I I agree to that partially, but then we have Falcon Ridge.

Now, if we can take that third lane, which I mean personally, I think we need to do and Falcon Ridge Parkway and turn it into a bike lane or something like that.

I agree with that, but there's a lot of bikers uh on Falcon Ridge Parkway.

Uh I see them all the time when I'm running up and down Falcon Ridge.

And so I mean, I and there's on the some of the back streets, the sidewalks aren't big and wide and 110 feet or whatever somebody said, 12 feet or level, or they're buckling and everything else.

So I think the sidewalk issue needs to stay in there only because of of streets like Falcon Ridge and some parts of Mesquite Boulevard and that and Oasis Boulevard.

But I do agree with the riding in the same direction as traffic flow on that.

Councilman Wallace.

Most of them are residential areas.

But there's a lot of areas where there's only a sidewalk on one side of the road.

So if you want them to ride with traffic and they're going a certain direction, there's no way they could be on a sidewalk.

The shoulders are important.

And it's important, I think, that once they get out of those residential areas, it's marked off.

And the extreme right of the road, there's there's a traffic line, and there's the end of the asphalt.

And that's the shoulder.

And if that's where they have to ride, I'm fine with that.

I still I still have some concerns about young kids, first and second graders riding to work and and or to school and to work, yeah.

To school, but but they're not on right next to the zero zero year olds driving their bikes.

But they're they're not they're not on e-bikes.

And you don't see a lot of really young kids on e-bikes.

Maybe some of them are on e-scooters, but they don't seem to go as fast as some of the older kids.

And those are the ones that that I'm most concerned about are the young kids that are first, second, third, fourth grade, somewhere in there.

Let's make sure they get to school safe.

And you're talking a short time every day going to school in a short time leaving school that they're not with their parents, and they're they're out on their own, and I think it's important we keep them safe too.

So whether it's education on which side to ride on, how to stay safe, whatever.

That's that's the only thing we're worried about right here is making sure everybody's safe.

And I'm I'm even fine with making adults wear helmets.

I'm I know there's a lot of adults in mesquite that wouldn't think that's okay, but I had a doctor's appointment once, and the doctor told me the thing that probably I was most likely to die from in the next year was an accident on a bike not wearing a helmet.

So wear a helmet when you ride a bike.

And I told him I don't ride a bike, and he says, Well, if you ever do put a helmet on.

And the deaths we've had in the city in the roadways, whether they were bikes or whatever, they're not kids.

They're older people.

And we're so focused on these kids, and we're so focused on sidewalks, and we're so focused on juveniles.

The people who are causing a lot of these problems on Falcon Ridge Parkway and other places aren't under 18.

They're over 60.

And maybe we need to find a way to make sure they're safe too, because they cause every bit as much problem in this city as as any child does.

Um, I'm just gonna put in my two cents.

I agree with Councilman Wandless.

When I have four kids, two of them I somewhat successfully taught how to ride a bike, the other two still can't ride a bike.

But when they're learning, they tend to wander.

And when they're on the sidewalk, it's a lot harder to wander out into traffic because you're gonna fall off the edge and you're gonna crash before you can get ran over.

And and so I think whether we differentiate between pedal bikes versus e-bikes allowed to be on the sidewalk, there needs to be something that allows those younger kids to be on the sidewalk.

And you know, like Paul said, or Councilman Wallace said, first, second, third graders are not gonna run you over and and kill you, whereas maybe a 15-year-old on an e-bike might possibly, but so I don't know how we put that language in there, but I I think at least a certain segment, whether it's just pedal bikers versus electrics, needs to be allowed on the sidewalk.

Councilman Gallagher?

That's kind of where I was going, wondering if bicycles without a motor is one thing, and anything else with a motor is something else.

Listening to all the comments, I was thinking, okay, maybe a good and if it was maybe suggested as well, like the the non-motorized, the non-e-bike, the non-e-scooter, um, that can go on the sidewalk, right?

Just your regular normal pedal bike could go on the sidewalk, but then everything else you could say needs to be in the shoulder.

Um, at least that's I'm trying to listen and find where where's the middle, where's the the compromise?

But what would help me if there if there was a motion directing me, right?

On you know, it could be as broad as uh, you know, to just I can think about and kind of just present a new version, right?

Without specifics, or you can make a motion that says everybody needs to have helmets or only miners, or you got you gotta ride with traffic.

It seems like riding with traffic seems like we're all kind of shaking our heads, yes, that's a good idea.

Not not that's probably an existing rule, I don't know off the top of my head if there's an NRS.

I mean there probably is.

Um I mean, maybe maybe the again, maybe the compromises e-bikes and e-scooters are not on the sidewalk, but other bikes are.

But I'll I need that from the council or in a motion or something so that I can take that and prepare a new draft.

Okay, Becky, I'm sorry, we've already closed public comment.

So one quick moment though.

E-bikes, there is a pedal assist.

Okay, councilman Ennis.

I'm gonna go ahead and make that motion for you, Mr.

Anderson, to um, I'm gonna direct you, the city attorney, to take the comments and the input back from the public and from the council, and maybe rewrite this a little bit to cover some of those topics that we discussed as far as uh sidewalk versus shoulder travel lane, bike lane, whatever the case may be, and then bring that back to us for a look again.

Okay, do I have a second?

Yeah, and I'm I'm happy to do that, and then during the next meeting, they'll they might be specifics where you disagree, right?

And so then there'll be specific motion to change it or not.

But I'll I'll kind of try to you know gather what we've discussed today and put it into a new version and then present that at the next meeting.

Okay, call for the vote.

Sorry, Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

With that, we have come to our final public comment.

Helmets, electricity David Baldwin.

Going back to the uh Rock House and the other restoration stuff.

A couple meetings back, or we had a very good uh offer by NRC who wanted the property on up and on a hearty way to put in but get the property and put in two million dollars worth of in-kind support or uh services.

It would be done so much more economic if we did it that way than trying to go off for bids and you got prevailing wage and all the other problems, it just escalate the cost of this stuff.

So I would strongly urge you to start doing more in-kind type of uh agreements with people like NRC that's got a tremendous trek record in here.

Work on them, get them the property, get the two million dollars of in-kind services to the to the to the city, put them on that project or contractors, put them on the project of restoring that stuff, and I think we'd get it done much faster than trying to go out after grants.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward, this meeting is adjourned.

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