Board Meeting Minutes: Dec. 2024

Special Session Minutes

Date: 12/16/24 

Time: 6 p.m. FAST BOARD 

Location: RonPaul Dezell’s Garage 

Attendees: Ben Blomberg, RP Dezell, Reva Graves, Jim Massa, Brad Blomberg - Adam Weischedel 


Meeting Called To Order 

Brad Blomberg, Secretary 

SD Bike Summit 

  • Motion for FAST to pay expenses (hotel, gas, etc.) for board attendees. Brad and Ron currently planning to attend. Approved. 

  • Brad working through details. 

Treasurer’s Report: 

  • Discussion: Thad Barnes presented an update virtually via SLACK. 


Fundraising Update 

  • FAST is still working on fundraising for trails at Great Bear

Great Bear IMBA Trail Solutions Call Update 

  • Brad, Ben, Ron and Jim on call. 

  • Tim Halbakken and Josh Olson from IMBA. 

  • IMBA willing to work with in-state contractors and function as a general contractor. Their schedule is basically full for 2025, but they could make room for us. 

  • Spring flagging with IMBA is currently confirmed. 

  • Motion to make formal ask to IMBA to put proposal together. Approved. Ben will email Tim Halbakken with request. 


SFPR Meeting 12/12/2024 

  • Brad, Jim, Ron and Ben in attendance. 

  • Brett Kollars, Mike Patten and Josh Johnson from SFPR in attendance. 

  • Updated SFPR on Great Bear progress. 

  • Discussed potential other build areas north of the falls. 

Trail Lead Meeting 

  • Schedule for Q1 2025. 

  • Need a new trail lead for Pasley/Riverdale 

  • Who can help with Legacy/Dunham? Adam has potential people. 

Meeting Called To Close by Secretary Brad Blomberg – 7:15pm 

Falls Area SingleTrack (FAST)

Falls Area SingleTrack’s (FAST) mission is to protect, create, and enhance quality trail experiences for mountain bikers in cooperation with other trail users in the Sioux Falls area. FAST actively promotes responsible trail use, supports volunteer trail work, assists land managers with trail management issues, and improves relations among all trail user groups.

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