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Wilmar Nordic Ski Club asks city to pursue joint‑powers agreement to preserve 60 acres for recreation
Summary
Forrest Peterson and the Wilmar Nordic Ski Club urged the Willmar City Council to pursue a joint‑powers agreement with the state to formalize public recreational use of roughly 60 acres long used for volunteer‑maintained ski trails; staff were directed to research the JPA structure.
Forrest Peterson, speaking for the Wilmar Nordic Ski Club, asked the Willmar City Council to pursue a joint‑powers agreement with the state to secure continued public recreational use of about 60 acres north of the golf course that the club has used for cross‑country skiing and year‑round trails.
Peterson described two decades of volunteer work to clear and groom trails, planting windbreaks through a city grant, and ongoing maintenance arrangements with local groups and the high school cross‑country ski team. “We would be strongly in…
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