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River <br />Members Present: <br />Members Absent: <br />Council Liaison: <br />Meeting of the Elk River <br />Parks and Recreation Commission <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />May 8, 2024 <br />Chair Dave Anderson, Commissioners Greg Loidolt, Mike Niziolek, Hal Stewart <br />Ryan Hohngren, Joy Goodwin, Jill Varty <br />Councilmember Mike Beyer <br />Staff Present: Assistant City Administrator/Business Services Director Joe Stremcha, Senior <br />Administrative Assistant Dawn Larson <br />Call Meeting to Order <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Parks and Recreation <br />Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Anderson. <br />2. Pledge of Allegiance <br />3. Consider Agenda <br />Moved by Commissioner Loidolt and seconded by Commissioner Niziolek to approve the <br />May 8, 2024, agenda. Motion carried 4-0. <br />4. Consider Minutes <br />Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Niziolek to approve the <br />April10, 2024, Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes. Motion carried 4-0. <br />S. Open Forum <br />6 Presentations, Awards, and Recognition <br />7.1 Healing is Possible 5K <br />Jonna Phillips, 519 Old Hwy 35 S Hudson, Wisconsin, is the Executive Director of a nonprofit called <br />the Veteran Resilience Project. She is also a current serving military member. Mrs. Phillips shared that <br />the organization provides free trauma therapy called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and <br />Reprocessing) to Minnesota Veterans, service members, and spouses. They have about 60 therapists <br />serving people around the state. They have a board member and a couple of therapists that live in the <br />Elk River area. <br />They are trying to get further out into rural areas, so they want to partner with different regions to do <br />^, outreach. This is their first 5k fundraising walk. They will follow the pre -established route that City of <br />Elk River staff provided that other 5ks have done such as the Thumbs Up 5k. <br />The Commission did not have any questions and agreed to allow the event to take place. Chair <br />Anderson asked her to come back and give an update after the event. <br />