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7.2c -----Original Message ----- From: Laura Hayer < > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 6:08 PM To: Portner, Cal <( l'orttic r(1)I?llivcrN.gov>; Leeseberg, Chris <(,I ccsel) r) (i,E�,lkRl .er,�IN..v> Cc: .I�tic>oc.litt t[>c rtyi iort.c>tnpany.ccrn Subject: ERX Motorpark Mr Portner, Mr Leeseberg, My name is Laura Hayer. I did attend the meeting last night with my family and would like to make a few comments regarding ERX. I live at and work as a CFO for Northern Dewatering Inc in Rogers, MN. When ERX opened in 2008, my son was 3. He attended the very first learn to ride clinic and was the only child that young to attend. Today, this kids 120 class is well over 30 participants of future racers. He raced his first race on a snowmobile in Jan, 2009 at the age of 4 and fell in love. By winter 2010, I was volunteering at ERX for all snocross events. My son and husband raced until 2015 when my son broke his leg in a motocross accident. My husband continued to race and my son started volunteering with me doing scoring for both winter and summer events while he recovered from his leg. He never went back to racing, he continued being a volunteer at every ERX event possible until he turned 15 and was hired by ERX. He continues to run ERX's snocross practices and Thursday night races with help throughout the summer season as time allows. Today, as he finishes his junior year of high school, he is on his 2nd year of owning a track -side support business and has added his own scoring business for motorsports. He also works at a few motocross tracks in MN and many Hare Scramble dirt bike events in MN, WI, MI, and IA. He has also been scoring for snowmobile hill climb events this past winter. My son has excelled not in racing, but in managing, promoting, accounting, and marketing all aspects of motorsports racing. This has only been possible by Heidi Goodin, Chris Carlson, and Todd Plaisted taking a chance on my son and putting too much on his plate and allowing him to run with it. Watching him sometimes fail, but most times shine brightly. I am forever grateful to them for giving him this opportunity. ERX will always continue to hold a very special place in my heart. I will repeat what many have already said in emails. Racing, Motorsports is a very tight knit family. Many people in the room last night are my extended family. I've watched their kids grow up and them mine. I've watched folks in this extended family have cancer diagnosis, death, severe accidents and recoveries and "we" as a family find a way to help each other in any way possible, juggle kids, be present in hospitals and funerals and every aspect of support someone can give. I've made lifelong friends and so has my son. None of this would be possible without ERX. One of my husbands longest friends is a guy he grew up racing dirt bikes with and living 1800 miles away from home hasn't broken the bond they have after 40 years. I'd like to also address noise which seems to be a very big complaint by neighbors. In my history with ERX, Thursday night racing is usually done by 9 pm. There are 5-6 of these per season. There