Bemidji delays lake cleanup, nixes May referendum

City Council members voted 5-2 against a plan to have Bemidji voters go to the polls for a referendum to clean up lakefront for a new beach

March 4, 2014 at 3:49PM

Never mind, for now, a $1.4 million plan to clean up wood chips from an old logging operation and replace them with a new sandy beach on the south shore of Lake Bemidji. City Council members voted 5-2 Monday night against scheduling a May referendum asking residents to pay for the new beach.

According to the Bemidji Pioneer, the vote could delay the project for as much as two years as other funding options are sought.

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Curt Brown is a former reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune who writes regularly about Minnesota history.

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