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<br />Meeting of the Elk River <br />Parks and Recreation Commission <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Wednesday, November 8, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br />Members Present: Commissioners Dave Anderson, Mike Brown, Ryan Holmgren, Greg Loidolt, Mike <br />Niziolek, and Mark Rathbun <br /> <br />Members Absent: David Williams <br /> <br />Council Liaison: Councilmember Mike Beyer <br /> <br />Staff Present: Parks and Recreation Manager Michael Hecker, Senior Administrative Assistant Dawn <br />Larson, Assistant City Administrator/ Business Services Director Joe Stremcha <br /> <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Parks and Recreation <br />Commission was called to order at 6:30p.m. by Vice-Chair Loidolt. <br /> <br />2. Pledge of Allegiance <br /> <br />3. Consider Agenda <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Brown and seconded by Commissioner Rathbun to approve the <br />November 8, 2023, agenda. Motion carried 6-0. <br /> <br />4. Consider Minutes <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Rathbun and seconded by Commissioner Brown to approve the <br />October 11, 2023, Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes. Motion carried 6-0. <br /> <br />5. Open Forum <br /> <br /> No one appeared for Open Forum. <br /> <br />6. Presentations <br /> <br /> <br />6.1 MORC (Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists) Hillside Park Trail Report <br /> <br />Derek Burchill, the trail boss at Hillside Park for MORC presented his report. He oversees all the <br />work and maintenance that happens on the trail. Mr. Burchill pointed out that he and the volunteers <br />spent a lot of time grooming trails last year for fat tire biking. He also shared that about 30 trees came <br />down in Spring and Summer, so volunteers were busy cutting up those trees to keep the trails clear. <br />They also spent a lot of time resurfacing trails and creating drainage to help trails dry out. He <br />explained that there is a lot of sand out at Hillside which causes erosion issues. This Fall volunteers <br />did some work to improve some trail sections that had this issue. Commissioner Rathbun commented <br />on some temporary added signage on the B line but wanted to know if the sign will be more <br />permanent in the future. Mr. Burchill said he has a fiberglass one on order now. <br />