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Council backs staff work to develop lease for radio-control park after hours-long discussion
Summary
Willmar City Council voted to direct staff to develop a lease agreement with a radio-control (RC) park club so the group can build an RC facility; members pressed the club on site, parking, utilities, insurance and restoration obligations before approving development of a lease without a fixed location.
Colin Baumgard, a city staff presenter, asked the Willmar City Council to instruct staff to develop a lease agreement with a local RC Park club so the group could build a radio-control facility. The council debated whether the initial proposed site at Pleasant View Park was suitable and what protections the city would require if the club built on public land.
Corey Pavelko, who identified himself as an owner of the local hobby shop, described the proposed facility and operations. He said the park would include a banked clay oval, rally and drift courses, a ‘‘crawler’’ area for rock‑crawler vehicles, a staging/driver stand built from a shipping container, accessible ramps and…
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