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Why funding may be needed

Public accountability can require more than public comments and emails. To understand the factual basis for the proposed closure, community members may need to obtain and review public records, request legally disclosable documents, challenge unsupported denials or redactions, and seek legal guidance if MPRB proceeds without adequate disclosure, alternatives analysis, meeting accountability, permit-holder remedies, or replacement access.

Although government data are presumed public unless classified otherwise, agencies may charge lawful costs for copies, scanning, or production. Those costs can increase quickly when requests involve reports, emails, consultant records, meeting materials, invoices, communications, drafts, redlines, and other decision-making documents.

What the fund would support

Funds would be used only for transparency and accountability work related to the Minnehaha OLRA issue, including:

• Document procurement fees for public data requests.
• Attorney review of MPRB's disclosures, redactions, and denials.
• Review of possible Open Meeting Law issues.
• Preservation and demand letters.
• Requests for advisory opinions, if warranted.
• Legal analysis of potential injunctive or declaratory relief if MPRB advances decommissioning before a lawful and complete public process.

What this is and what it is not

This is not a promise of litigation, and it is not a class-action fund. The purpose is to ensure that the public has the resources needed to obtain records, evaluate the process, and seek counsel if the facts warrant further action.

The core request remains straightforward: suspend implementation of Resolution 2026-114 until MPRB releases the legally disclosable record, certifies any withheld or redacted information in writing, accounts for any private or closed meetings, completes alternatives and permit-holder impact analysis, holds a public hearing after disclosure, and identifies funded equivalent replacement access before Minnehaha is lost.