Wakefield council defers decision on trail group

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to refer the continuing status of the Split Rock Trail Association to the Planning Commission.

At issue is a lease that City Manager Rob Brown drafted at the request of SRTA members.

As Brown explained in a related communiqué to council members, the city so far has not engaged in any formal terms with SRTA, which officially formed as a nonprofit corporation in 2019 after several years of working to create about three miles of trails in the area formerly known as Fink location in Section 10, east...