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• <br /> Wednesday, May 8, 1996 / Elk River Star News / 3 <br /> II Elk River Briefs <br /> r <br /> • <br /> ✓3 <br /> 11111; 41' <br /> Open house draws 400-500 <br /> Four-year old Aaron Follmer looked at the inside of an Elk <br /> River police car during the police department's open house <br /> Saturday at the Elk River City Hall. <br /> Approximately 400-500 people attended the different <br /> PP Y <br /> exhibits and is a d 150 cats and dogs received rabies shots. <br /> "We had a9 <br /> ood <br /> turnout," Police <br /> Elk River Chief Tom <br /> Zerwas said. <br /> Among the exhibits were several demonstrations about <br /> safety with electricity, trains and canine rescue. <br /> Trucking firms negotiate - . <br /> with city about move <br /> The city of Elk River is negotiating with Morrell Transfer <br /> and LeFebvre & Sons about their moving to a site on 171st <br /> Avenue. <br /> Improvement of 171st Avenue along with Highway 10 <br /> acceleration/deceleration lanes is a high priority and both <br /> could be accomplished this year if one or both trucking busi- • <br /> nesses were to locate on the site. <br /> City Administrator Pat Klaers estimates the project will <br /> cost in the range of$450,000. He said the long range plan <br /> is to have 171st Avenue signnli7ed and connected. on the <br /> east side of the railroad tracks, up north through the <br /> "Snake Trail"to County Road 12. <br /> At the meeting representatives of the trucking firms <br /> asked what else the city could do. <br /> It was the consensus of the council to offer the trucking <br /> • businesses: <br /> •the city would pay for the signal <br /> • •the city would pay the landowners a fair market price for <br /> any right of way <br /> •the city would offer revolving loan funds as an incentive <br /> •the city would purchase any buildable land on the north <br /> side of 171st Avenue <br />