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<br /> <br /> <br />Great Northern Trail Master Planning <br />The Great Northern Trail Partnership Committee solicited proposals for master planning, public <br />engagement and Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails designation application. Proposals <br />were scored and ranked by the Committee on January 18 and the top scoring proposal came from <br />Damon Farber. The Committee (Sherburne County, Elk River, Princeton, and Zimmerman) <br />discussed a fair cost sharing model and the funding commitment from each city. <br /> <br />Master Planning and Regional Designation by the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trail Commission is <br />a critical goal for the Committee (the city) to attain eligibility for Legacy Funds toward the <br />GNT. This could be extremely valuable to the city in regard to reconstructing our 4.75-mile section <br />of the GNT which is estimated to cost $1.5M. <br /> <br />Legal Requirements for Remote City Meeting <br />We have had a few requests for a remote meeting with Zoom. These types of meetings called <br />“interactive technology” require cities follow specific statutory procedures. Each location at which a <br />member of the Commission is present must be open and accessible to the public – this includes <br />Commissioner’s private homes. The notice must be provided in the same manner as other meetings <br />naming the location(s) of the meeting and a three days’ notice. The first day of posting the meeting <br />location should not be used to calculate the three days. More detailed information is attached. <br /> <br />Warming Houses <br />Even with the challenges of staffing, we have been able to keep open the Handke and Spectrum <br />warming houses. The number of skaters using these rinks have been in the hundreds the past few <br />weekends. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />