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Board asks for fuller vendor review after vendor seeks permit transfer and members report unpermitted e-bike tours
Summary
A permit holder asked whether the board would support transferring a Dye Flats permit to guided bicycles; board members expressed safety and jurisdiction concerns and noted that some e-bike tours appeared to be operating without permits.
A Dye Flats permit holder raised the prospect of transferring his existing permit to run guided bicycle (including possible e-bike) trips, and the Daee Community Advisory Board discussed safety, jurisdiction and consistency with prior permit decisions.
The vendor, identified in the meeting as Robert (permit holder), said he wanted to know whether the board would support a transfer that would allow small guided bicycle trips on the Flats Road and into the Flats. Board members said the question requires more detail—vehicle types, group size, start/stop points—and noted the board has discussed similar changes before without reaching a formal conclusion.
Board concerns included safety on Flats Road given mixed users (tour operators, independent cyclists, e-bikes, scooters), whether an e-bike is treated as a motorized vehicle for enforcement purposes, and the board’s prior practice of sunsetting permits that go unused. Board members also noted the existing permit contains participant limits and that any transfer could carry conditions.
Separately, board members said they have observed and reported unpermitted e-bike tours in the Flats area. Board members said they reported those operators to tourism staff and the police; one member said the reports produced limited immediate enforcement. The board asked staff to request a fuller vendor list and to coordinate a more complete vendor outreach so the board can check which operators are permitted to visit the Flats.
Next steps: Board members asked municipal staff to compile a complete permit/vendor list for review at the next meeting, to confirm permit limits in the Dye Flats permit report (packet item listed as 262025) and to return the transfer question to a future agenda with specifics from the permit holder.
