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<br /> Page 3 <br /> <br />o Since the beginning, ERX has hosted events designed to promote improved skills <br />and safety. These events have included the ERX Learn2Ride Clinics (Snocross), <br />Motocross Clinics, YMCA Youth Motorcycle training, Avalanche Awareness <br />Classes, Youth Snowmobile Safety Training and Day of the Dozers. <br /> <br /> <br />Brief overview of the vision <br />ERX is recognized as the top testing and development facility in the country for amateur and <br />professional Snocross and Off-Road racers. As a direct result, the large manufacturers <br />supporting this industry, such as Polaris, Arctic Cat, Honda and BRP, are investing in the Elk <br />River area as well as ERX through corporate events and leased shop space for their factory <br />teams. At least two of the manufacturers have expressed interest in moving part of their <br />corporate racing operations to Elk River to gain improved access to ERX. <br /> <br />ERX has built a national caliber off-road truck track that professional drivers have quoted as <br />being the “most fun they have had racing, ever.” ERX strives to become the number one track <br />of this nature in the nation. During our meeting with city staff on July 28, 2016, ERX indicated <br />that we would like to offer overnight parking and camping to spectators for these events. City <br />staff indicated it wouldn’t be a problem being it was only a couple times a year. <br /> <br />Scope of Project/Proposal <br />Currently, six buildings/structures are on the 43.7-acre site that also includes the off-road truck <br />track and regional snocross track (county map attached), including: <br /> <br />• A 624 square foot office <br />• A 2,400 square foot shop <br />• A 1,320 square foot storage facility <br />• A 3,250 square foot facility (chalet) <br />• A 240 square foot shed <br />• A 480 square foot shed <br /> <br />Future facility expansion plans near the Regional Track include an addition to the existing ERX <br />Chalet which would house bathrooms and concessions, and an additional storage shed. <br /> <br />Future improvements near the off-road truck track include a two-level announcing tower which <br />would house an announcing booth on the upper level, and a concession stand on the lower <br />level. A scoring shelter, grandstand bleachers, a two-level viewing structure on the north and <br />west side and a semi-permanent viewing structure on the east and south side of the off-road <br />track will also be added, in addition to a storage shed. In the meantime, we will continue to <br />utilize temporary/portable bleacher units, and portable shipping containers. <br /> <br />The 13.29-acre site (housing our regional track) has been operating as ERX since 2008 and has <br />served as a feeder system to ISOC, the national Snocross racing series. Riders who were