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Council debates Urban Trails Committee scope and asks staff to draft clarifying guidance

5729711 · August 18, 2025
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Grand Junction council members debated Sept. 18 whether the Urban Trails Committee had exceeded its advisory scope and directed staff to draft clarifying guidance and circulate it to council for review before sending it to the committee.

Council members debated the role and scope of the Urban Trails Committee (UTC) during the Sept. 18 workshop after one council member reported concerns about a recent committee meeting recording and several items discussed there that she judged to fall outside the committee’s advisory remit.

Council member Cody (first name only in transcript) said she reviewed the UTC meeting recording and minutes and urged that the committee “pause” while staff prepare clarifying guidance because she heard discussion about environmental grants, street‑design advocacy and other topics she said exceed the…

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