Mn Valley ATV Riders

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MN Valley ATV Riders

•85+ family memberships, over 200+ riders, primarily from Renville and Redwood Counties

•Family orientated club for teens to grandparents

•Focused on safe, legal family riding activities and youth safety certificate training

•Monthly meetings – 7 PM on the 3rd Tuesdays at the Olivia American Legion

•Monthly club rides during the summer/fall riding season

1st Annual Nicholas Scott Warner Memorial

ATV’s lined up for Parade Lap

Prepared by Ingrid E. Schneider, Ph.D. Tony Schoenecker, Graduate Research Assistant

With the analytical assistance of Analysis & Evaluation at the Department of Employment & Economic Development March 2006

All-terrain Vehicles in Minnesota:Economic impact and consumer profile

The average household spent about $172 per riding experience, which includes spending by riders on day trips and those including nights on their trip.

This spending is equivalent to $43 per person per day. When these dollars are combined with the number of riding experiences and other household factors results in $641.9 million in consumer expenditures related to ATV riding, with the single highest share of costs typically going toward groceries.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center - Expenditures

Expenditures: When residents use ATVs throughout the state, significant direct (expenditures or economic activity), indirect (suppliers to industry) and induced (employee spending) impacts flow into the local areas visited. In terms of total employment, resident expenditures due to ATV riding supported 8,756 jobs. Resident spending resulted in Gross State Product (GSP) impacts (i.e., contributions to the state economy) of $491.2 million.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center – Economic impact

Demographics: Mirroring a national sample, the typical 2005 Minnesota ATV rider was

a white male in his mid-forties with some college or technical schooling. The typical

rider is most often full-time employed with an income greater than $50,000 that supports

a family with an average size of 2.8.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center – ATV Rider Profile

Direct ATV-related expenditures: $641.9 million. Of the total residential travel expenditures ($572.1 million): $260.3 million spent in

destination◦ $311.8 million spent at home and en route

Economic impact of resident expenditures: Jobs: 8,756 jobs◦ Wages and salaries: $224.6 million◦ Contribution to GSP: $491.2 million

Tax Revenue: $48.9 million ATV-Related Retail activity: Jobs: 1,477 jobs

◦ Wages and salaries: $39.2 million◦ Contribution to GSP: $79.3 million

Tax revenue: $6.9 million ATV manufacturing activity: Jobs: 4,216 jobs

◦ Wages and salaries: $165.6 million◦ Contribution to GSP: $349.2 million◦ Tax revenue: $30.4 million

Total state and local tax revenues: Tourism: $48.9 million◦ Retailer sales: $6.9 million◦ Manufacturing: $30.4 million

SUMMARY ECONOMIC RESULTS

Preliminary ATV Park Site plan

Consist of two properties totaling 275 acres: (Both landowners are willing sellers.)

Tufto property is 160 acres and lies to the west of the Zimmerman tract

Gravel extraction is occurring in the tract north of the county road

Future gravel extraction is planned for the tract south of the county road

There are no permanent conservation easements on this property and it is the intent of the family to remove all aggregate resources over time

Proposed Sacred Heart Township ATV Park

The Zimmerman Pit

Zimmerman property lies to the east of the Tufto property and is separated from the Tufto property by the township road.

Gravel extraction is completed on the 80 acre tract north of the county road, but the property was never reclaimed.

Gravel extraction is completed on the 35 acre tract on the south side of the county road, but the property has never been reclaimed.

Proposed Sacred Heart Township ATV Park Cont

Is in the center of a commercial aggregate mining area with 4 additional active pits:

Dunnicks have an active gravel pit to the south of the Tufto property

Zimmerman’s have another 40 acre gravel pit to the north ofthe Tufto property

William Zaske has a gravel pit to the north of the active Zimmerman pit

Wayne Zaske have a gravel pit slightly down to the county road to the southeast


Will be operated as a Renville County Park: With the same season as the other parks:

April 15th to November 1st

With daily operating hours With an enforcement presence (stock

mufflers, ATV training certificates, helmets, etc.), and

other policies as determined by the Renville County Parks Commission and County Board


Will be co-managed (including enforcement) in partnership with the MN Valley ATV Riders club

Acquisition funding will come from state and federal ATV grants.

Maintenance and annual operating costs are reimbursed by state grants at 90%

Primary route that will marketed for visitors to the ATV park will be Highway #212 to Renville County Highway #12, which the club proposes to extend from the Tufto Bridge, where it currently ends, to the east less than a ¼ mile to the proposed ATV parking area on the river bottom road. This primary access route will avoid all dust related visibility issues with potential trucks hauling aggregate and the potential dangers of limited visibility.


CCL has previously designed the Minnesota River Trail, County Community Trail System, and the Renville County Park improvement projects in the local area. They also did the overall design work for state trail planning. They have been recognized for their work with multiple design awards.

CCL has agreed to design an ATV park that addresses the multiple concerns with safety, noise, dust, ecological disturbance, wildlife disturbance and scenic blending.

University of Minnesota’s Center for Changing Landscapes (CCL) Design Team

◦ Primary road access route (CR #12) to have asphalt extended to the ATV parking lot or liberal and frequent applications of dust retardant

◦ ATV Park to have 4 quadrants: 35 acre SE quadrant will be designed as a

wildlife/buffer zone around the private residence and will not be developed for ATV use at this time. This site may include wildlife shelter belts with food resources and potentially a cooperative wildlife food plot managed by the DNR Wildlife Division

Here are some key design concepts that we have asked CCL to include within their design plan

The remaining three quadrants will be developed as “enclosed paddocks” with guard rail fencing to keep all ATV’s within the park. There will be a single access point from the parking lot into the first paddock.

Access to the other paddocks will be by box culverts under the county road and under the township road. At no time will vehicles be able to access the county or township road from the interior of the ATV park.

Design Concepts cont

• Exterior access roads for emergency vehicles only• Hedges/other appropriate plantings to shield

guard rail fencing and blend it into the landscape • Protection of undisturbed ecologically sensitive

areas • Restoration and protection of the creek banks

which have been disturbed• appropriate sight and sound barriers where

needed• any other issues that may surface

Design Concepts cont

ATV club met with Renville County Trails Commission at their November meeting

ATV club met with residents/property owners on November 29th to hear their concerns

ATV club met with Renville County Park Commission on December 1st

DNR will do an Environmental assessment review Initial presentation made to Renville County board on

December 13th with public comments Future public meeting with the Renville County Park

Commission. Future public meeting with the County Planning Commission. Future public meeting with the County Commissioner, prior to

the vote for final approval.

Public Input

The ATV park will create economic development in Renville county

The ATV Park will enhance the Minnesota River Valley.

It will restore a damaged and degraded gravel pit.

It is WIN WIN project for everyone in Renville and Redwood counties.

Conclusion

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