Commissioners report on local projects: roundabout memorial, senior center funding, Mud Springs and cloud seeding
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Summary
Commissioners used their reports slot to highlight local priorities: community proposals for a roundabout memorial in Montezuma Creek, Navajo Mountain senior center funding approved by a Navajo revitalization fund, Mud Springs infrastructure planning with UDOT, cloud-seeding funding discussions and a recent mine groundbreaking.
During commission reports, several commissioners highlighted recent and planned local projects.
One commissioner said a local chapter discussed memorializing tribal leaders or veterans at the Montezuma Creek roundabout and suggested honoring Navajo code talkers or a local high school as possible themes for public art. Commissioners who attended a Navajo revitalization fund meeting said funding was approved for a new senior center facility in Navajo Mountain, and that severance-tax allocations to chapters were discussed.
Commissioners and staff reported ongoing work with the Utah Department of Transportation on the Mud Springs road project; a Dec. 1 meeting with UDOT was scheduled to review plans for road infrastructure. A commissioner also described attending a Rainmaker cloud-seeding presentation in Salt Lake and seeking commitments from Monticello and Blanding to fund a cloud-seeding contract that Grand County has already signed.
A recent groundbreaking for the Velvet Wood Mine (also referenced as Bethelwood Mine in discussion) was described as an economic opportunity expected to bring jobs. Multiple commissioners raised housing concerns, saying workforce housing will be necessary to retain workers for new projects and that staff are exploring options.
No formal actions were taken during the reports; commissioners used the time to inform the board and the public of ongoing outreach and projects.