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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH NIGHT-RIDERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB FOR THE GROOMING AND MAINTENANCE OF SNOWMOBILE TRAILS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to execute a trail maintenance agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, with the Night-Riders Snowmobile Club, Inc. for the grooming and maintenance of City snowmobile trails, payable from fund 110-121-1217-2145-4226 (general, public administration, maintenance operations, park maintenance, snowmobile trail grant).
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes an agreement with the Night-Riders Snowmobile Club (“Night Riders”) for the grooming and maintenance of City snowmobile trails, at no cost to the City.
Night-Riders is a non-profit volunteer organization that provides maintenance of 14.4 miles of Grant-In-Aid snowmobile trails in western Duluth. This agreement allows Night-Riders to perform trail maintenance activities on City snowmobile trails under the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement. Night-Riders will perform duties in coordination with the City of Duluth. The agreement requires Night-Riders to maintain liability insurance while performing trail maintenance and grooming activities.
Annually, the City enters into a snowmobile trail maintenance grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (“MnDNR”) through its Grant-in-Aid program. The City utilizes Night-Riders to perform a portion of the grooming and maintenance requirements associated with the Grant-in-Aid program, and these requirements are incorporated into the agreement with Night-Riders. A local unit of government must sponsor the snowmobile club’s participation, where the City of Duluth accepts the funding under this Program and distributes the funding to the clubs based on their successful completion of required maintenance activities and grooming.
The funding awarded through the Grant-in-Aid program varies annually, and the awarded funds are passed from the MnDNR to the City, and then to the snowmobile club. Authorization to accept the Grant-in-Aid funds is completed through a separate resolution annually.