Show Master Plan for Moab's Future Presented to Large Group Tuesday I Moab has a great future I. I Dale Dali Despain city planning consultant con told a large group of officials officials of of- and interested persons Tuesday in a public presentation of the Master Plan for Moab City recently completed by the planning planning plan plan- ning expert The plan an Inventory of the past and a blue print for the future fu ture was very wide In scope and at times critical but was entirely The analysis of economic resources re reo re- re I sources our es Included summaries oi of agriculture uranium potash oil and gas mining construction and other Industries Tourism and movie making were evaluated al also al- al so Tourism Mr DespaIn said offers one of the best and most I dependable opportunities for continued continued con con- expansion on of the ity Hy In summarizing the economic resources I Despain said Nature has endowed the Moab area with witha a much greater economic potential potential poten poten- than the average community throughout the country How S. S ever he cautioned that while a great deal Of bf the growth of the city will depend on the degree of I exploitation of the economic ruin min I ends within the territory In thelong tho the I long run much more will depend upon the tho people themselves i 1 Listed as extremely Important were such things as a communIty community community ity spirit a willingness s to work toward a common objective civic pride attractive residential and commercial districts district and condition condi condl lion tion and appearance of streets and other public properties These w things he said mid are often more important determiners of com corn pro progress ss than is an ance of natural re resources The Inventory of ot community facilities and characteristics Included In In- eluded a report that stimulated more than ordinary interest In Inthe Inthe Inthe the crowd of listeners as it involved in a population prediction A matter of the planning planning plan plan- ning consultant said of the pre pre- dictions The population figures for the report were predicted on the economic potential and andere were ere proportional to to employment d A minimum forecast of people by 1980 was made by the planner listing as factors the following folIoing assumptions 1 I that uranium resources will be substantially sub depleted b by 1968 1008 2 that the potash sh res reserves will not be bo exploited 3 that the oil and gas reserves will not materially affect the area and 4 that the e local people will n not t make much effort to take advantage of the economic opportunity available to them but 5 that the Glen Canyon Can yon Dam and reservoir will be completed and the trend toward recreation and tourist trade will continue The maximum forecast of 10 10 people in 1980 Was vas bas based d upon the assumption 1 that the th uta ura resources es will be substantially substantially depleted by 1968 2 that exploitation o of ot potash reserves will take place 3 that oil and gas reserves will be substantial i l I 4 that oil drilling operations will 1 continue over the next twenty i years 5 that highway 6 50 will willI I I bo be added to the Interstate system and end constructed ted to interstate highway high high- way I-way I way standards 6 that the west westI will continue to grow I 7 T tha that the tourism wIll t tn expand and 8 that the people will accept the tM responsibility of I increasing the attractions o of the he her r city as a pia place tel In which to I The consultant said that he would argue with no on one who found the figures too conserva conservative tive as study has shown lh that t tremendous tre tre- tre- tre Increases ere possible where the potential Js Is s equal to that possessed by bt this area The acquisition of the Somerville Somerville Somer Somer- ville vile ranch which took place while the report of the Master Plan was Jn In the printing stages Will have a great affect Mr Despain De De- spain said It can easily support the proposed population increases Future water consumption par par- Continued on Page 8 8 81 MASTER PLAN Continued from Page 1 the population increase Inthe Inthe in inthe the charts included In the report The critical portion of ot the report report re reo port and the portion that received the greatest discussion on the part of the co and the assembled ed officials was related to the summary of residential and arid land planning considerations Of Of the 1100 acres of land with within with ith- ith in Moab City only acres have been used for residential purposes the plan relates There Is a problem of growing compactly by encouraging the development of vacant lots within the city thus thus thus' reducing th the cost of maintaining main I taming and establishing facilities ties to residential districts I Everything should be done to encourage of vacant va va- cant lots Despain listed the financial finan y i cial difficulties of carrying out out such a program both to the city and to the property owners Elimination of things that depreciate depredate de de- de I predate the desirability of a a neighborhood was urged Those Those things which promote attractiveness attractive ness encouraged Un I has a definite I problem In regards to yards vacant and well weal filled lots t and unpainted outbuildings We face the danger of having the es established es portion of our community com In fall e in o disrepair and unattractiveness unattractiveness un un- i I attractiveness Mr Despain warned warn ed ed lv 1 In the ensuing ns discussion it w was s agre agreed agreed 4 th that people do not cia J l anyone anyone informing them of what they should hould do with their property and that the only solution solution tion would be to encourage im im- pr with whatever means available and feasible I am cc confident said Despain that within with a Inthis in this community you have the ingenuity to lick the problems Th The report summarizes Itself bt saying in regards to objectives dives tives of the plan An analysis of ot the existing and potential economic forces indicates that i tbs ong range outlook for the toll J to b area is continued growth and development |