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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: <br />Name Adam Edwards Y"-4 <br />Title Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />Item Description: Big Island Cross Country Ski Trail <br />DATE: January 9, 2017 <br />ITEM NO: 6 <br />Agenda Section: <br />Public Works Director/ <br />City Engineer's Report <br />Exhibit. <br />A. Letter from Mr. Rick Carter, Big Island and Back (BIAS) Race Director <br />1. Purpose. The purpose of this item is to inform Council of a test project at Big Island in the <br />form of the grooming of select trails for cross country skiing. <br />2. Background. The Parks Commission <br />at its January 3rd meeting voted <br />unanimously to support the creation of <br />groomed cross country ski trails on select <br />existing trails at big island as a test of <br />concept. The idea was proposed to the <br />Commission by Mr. Rick Carter, Race <br />Director of BIAB and Orono resident. (See <br />Exhibit A). The BIAP is an annual event <br />each January where Skiers and snowshoes <br />circumnavigate Big Island; starting and <br />finishing in Excelsior. <br />3. Execution. The BIAP organization <br />would groom the trails concurrently with <br />the grooming operations to support their <br />event (although the event would NOT use <br />the trails on big island) with no cost to the <br />city for the first year or trial. Prior to the <br />grooming Park Commission Chair, Rick <br />Meyers will review the proposed trail <br />layout. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Vote to concur with Park Commission's recommendation to allow the cross country ski trail <br />grooming as a test of concept <br />