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Council schedules March 2 work session on RV parks, asks manager to draft BLM enforcement letter
Summary
The Quartzsite council approved a work session for March 2 at 1 p.m. at the Community Center to discuss RV parks and dry-camping; members also asked the town manager to prepare a letter encouraging BLM enforcement on nearby public lands.
The council voted to hold a work session on March 2, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Community Center to discuss RV parks and related public-land camping issues. Vice Mayor Hammond moved the motion and Council Member Nichols seconded; the motion carried after a verbal vote.
Why it matters: Council members and residents said increased desert parking and vending are straining local resources and that enforcement on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands affects town operations. The session is intended to gather detailed information and possible policy responses.
Council discussion and action: At the meeting a council member urged the town to press BLM officers to enforce rules on public lands, saying, "They need to do their job" (attributed in the transcript to a council member). The town manager replied the town has limited regulatory authority over privately run RV parks, that several existing parks had been grandfathered under older code, and that the council previously ran a formal licensing process for a two-acre site. The manager said she would prepare a letter from the council to the BLM encouraging enforcement.
The formal motion recorded in the transcript instructed staff to schedule the work session on 03/02/2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Community Center; the transcript records the motion, a second, vocal aye votes and the chair stating "motion carries," but no roll-call tally appears in the record.
What comes next: The work session will bring staff, law enforcement and other stakeholders together to outline options. The manager agreed to draft the BLM letter for council review prior to sending it.
Quotes: "I move to approve holding the work session to discuss RV parks on 03/02/2026 at 1PM," said Vice Mayor Hammond (mover, transcript introduction). "They need to do their job," a council member said of federal enforcement, urging action.
Ending: The council set the March 2 work session and directed staff to prepare materials and a draft letter to the BLM; no ordinance or regulatory change was adopted at this meeting.
