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Most recently ERX has donated the use of their property to the YMCA of MN for <br />their summer youth motorcycle training program, National Youth Project Using <br />Minibikes (NYPUM). <br />• ERX will encourage development. Since the beginning ERX has hosted events designed <br />to promote improved skills and safety. These events include ERX Learn To Ride <br />Clinics, Motocross Clinics, YMCA Youth Motorcycle training, Avalanche Awareness <br />Classes, Youth Snowmobile Safety Training, Day of the Dozers, concerts for the Three <br />Rivers Community Foundation, and much more. <br />Scope of Project/Proposal <br />There are currently five buildings/structures on the 13.29 acre site (county map attached): <br />• A 624 square foot office <br />• A 2,400 square foot shop <br />• A 1,320 storage facility <br />• A 3,250 square foot facility <br />• A 240 square foot shed <br />Future Facility expansion plans include an addition to the existing ERX Chalet which would <br />house bathrooms and concessions, as well as additional storage shed. <br />This site has been operating as ERX since 2008 and has served as a feeder system to ISOC, the <br />national snocross series. Riders who were introduced to the sport of snocross at ERX are now <br />winning national championships are and recognized as some of the best emerging racers in the <br />world. As a direct result, ERX is quickly acquiring a reputation for a facility which develops and <br />builds champions. <br />In additional providing a safe, yet challenging track for testing and training, ERX provides the <br />following events on a regular basis: <br />1. ERX Grassroots Snocross Series <br />This series will be entering its 9th year this year, and is hosted on Thursday nights, <br />focusing on first-time, amateur and youth racers. The largest classes are youth <br />oriented, and the largest specific groups of racers are the 120cc class, which features <br />riders from ages 4 to 12 years old. Competitors follow the six race series with hopes of <br />capturing the ERX Season Points Championship. We have racers traveling from Ontario, <br />Manitoba, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio. Average attendance for <br />this race is approximately 1,000 people; we don't anticipate attendance to ever exceed <br />1,500 people. <br />Page 2 <br />