Show o c o. o O o c first fo First Phase of Moab Master Moster Plan Presented resented to City City-C County City Dunty Groups The growing pains of Moab City within the next two decades were outlined to the City Planning Commission Monday londay evening by representatives representatives of the Ken R R. R White Planning Co Denver The firm presented facts from rom a phase first-phase master plan Ian for the city and county recently completed A second second sec- sec ond md phase of the master plan Ian would detail means of or solving problems presented How to handle the traffic resulting from an anticipated ed d 1 million visitors per year to o National Park was one issue in the master plan study Listed as asne one ne of the major traffic Impediments Im- Im impediments pediments was the mash of US U.S. with the city street network The planners recommended recommended rec- rec restricting crosstown crosstown cross- cross town town own traffic to Center street which should be extended westward to Fourth West It was also recommended that left eft turns be prohibited on 1st 2nd and 3rd South to encourage more use of 1st West and 1st East streets Truck Route Use of Fourth West as a traffic raffle alternate route to the he city was discouraged by bythe bythe the he planners because of the effect it would have on the I city's central business dis- dis Moab the report said Is s far from compact at the present time Using Fourth West Vest as an alternate route wo would wot Id tend to encourage two distinct and widely separate separated ed central business districts Alternate ro routes route t s w would ld bemore be bemore bemore more more logical on on 1st West and 1st East ast m making a a block 3 central business district Lack of street off-street parking on the U. U S S. S route through the city was predicted predicted predicted pre pre- as a source of trouble in n future years a clear set of arterial roads should be designated in the city At Atthe Atthe Atthe the present time traffic has been distributed at random over the street network the planners banners noted Improvement Work Street improvements more curbs and gutters were listed listed list list- ed as some some of Moab's needs also adequate crossings at 3rd South West Pack Creek Creele at Holyoak Lane Mill Millcreek Millcreek Millcreek creek at Holyoak Lane and Hunter lunter Canyon Periodic floods continually wash out these crossings and interrupt interrupt interrupt inter inter- rupt communications between between bet bet- one part of the city and another It was recommended the city and county recognize a common Interest in seeing that a comprehensive system system system tem of scenic routes is constructed constructed constructed con con- throughout the county and that the projects projects projects pro pro- be budgeted by priority prior prior- ity method in order of importance Importance importance im Im- for completion Pedestrian movements in inthe inthe the Moab business district and Highway were listed as traffic problems and a alack alack alack lack of good access roads from the western half halt of the city to the central business district were vere noted Air Travel Increase The master plan estimated estimated estimate air all traffic at Field at an annual rate oJ of from to in hi 1970 and from front to in 1975 Air service was judged as being at a higher level leve than might be expected In cities in the same class as Moab 1 A thorough study of ot past population trends as we wella well a as future estimates was made According to the report re Ic port during the 1930 10 decade de der cade cads population Increased persons person in the next decade de der cade code it declined persons in the 1950 CO decade a tremendous tremendous tre tre- population growth was experienced an increase of ot 14 2 persons The change chang in Grand county's popular lion tion between 1950 1930 and 1960 r represents an all annual growth rate at of ot per cent In I Moab City it extends above the he national average an of per cent Many Transients The migration and mobilIty mobility mobil mobil- Ity ty rate In Grand county as Interesting Between 1955 I and nd 1960 at least house moves took place Only the thelast thelast last ast move of families was included in this report One- One fifth of the population resided resided re- re sided in the same house five Jive years cars one-fourth one resided somewhere else in the county coun coun- ty y 16 per peri cent lived somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where else in Utah and a significant 37 per cent was long distant in in migration from rom out of state Mate A study of Moab's flood j problem in the report in in- in eluded the U U. S S. S Army Engineers Engineers Engineers En En- estimate for a reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir which was cost prohibitive prohibitive and alternate method of concrete lining Mill cree creek channel and an inlet for Pack creek creele A complete use land-use survey survey survey sur sur- sur- sur vey and analysis was also presented in th master plan preliminary report which will be studied minutely bythe by bythe bythe the Planning Commission and City and County officials officials officials offic offic- prior to a September meeting with the planning firm and University of Utah representatives A decision will then be made as asto to whether who who- ther or not the City and the I County will participate in a phase of the master master- plan |