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~oRnna-r~oN RiversEdge Meeting Minutes February 8, 2012 Present: Wendy, Clay, Tony, Roger, Tamara, Stephanie, Fred, Katie, Sandi Treasurers Report: Secretary's Report: Minutes were approved as written Old Business: Promotions for Sno Cross Race Weekend of March 9 to 11, 2012. Katie from Sportech came to share information about the event. ERX is making snow so the track is in great shape for the event. They are working on expanding their room for parking for the event. They are considering having a band on Friday and Saturday night at the track. They are expecting 6,000 to 10,000 people to be in town for the event! Registration will be at the Holiday Inn in Otsego. The Chamber, City of Elk River and Downtown RiversEdge Business Group will have a table to pass things out and give information about Elk River. ERX will also be giving out 300 packets to racers as they register. Downtown Businesses are invited to provide a coupon, flyer or some other small information piece to put in the packet. Packet materials can be given directly to Katie at Sportech or dropped off at Edward Jones by Friday March 2"d Fred is working on getting a bus that will make a loop between the track the hotels and downtown Elk River. We are looking for sponsors for the bus. Katie will see if any of the Suppliers want to help sponsor the bus. The Racing will begin on the track on Friday Afternoon. Opening Ceremonies will be at 6PM. The Pro Races will be on Friday and Saturday. Racing will run until 10PM those nights. Sunday races will be Vintage and Stock machines. Downtown Planning group update: Fred has been attending the meetings. The goal of the group is for the stakeholders in Elk River: Businesses, Residents and City to come up with a vision of what the core area of Elk River (Extending Around Downtown) should look like at some time in the future based on MnDots future plans for the rerouting of highway 10 and the railroad tracks. City staff and property owners can then use this information in planning for uses for the areas included. The group meets once monthly. HRA parking update: The HRA owns the area of the parking lot downtown where the buildings were recently demolished. The short term plan is to use this area for parking. HRA is having a landscape architect look at how the area could have some green space on it. HRA is also working with Elk River Meat Market to repair the side of the building that was up against the O'Reilly building. There was discussion about the possibility of having a mural painted on that wall. Elk River Park and Rec asked HRA if they could use that parking area for a farmers market on Thursday Afternoons. That request was approved by HRA. Park and Rec said that there had been many requests to move the farmers market to downtown. The market hours would not overlap with the downtown concert series so that parking and traffic wouldn't bean additional problem. A trash enclosure for the downtown dumpsters is being addressed in the planning. Elk River Water Tower. The Water Tower has been submitted to the National Registry for consideration as a historic site. The City should hear back in March. If approved as a historic site, there will be better opportunities for the City to apply for rehab grants to maintain the Water Tower. Park and Rec: Stephanie said that acts are currently being booked for the RiversEdge Commons Park concert series for 2012. She said that the Chalk it Up concerts for kids were being moved to Thursday at