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Winter The i ON THE GREAT RIVER ROAD Vol. 19 December 2008/January 2009 Newsletter of the City of Otsego Winter rules are in affect The City of Otsego has adopted several regulations as part of the City Code to protect public safety and aid the Public Works Department in maintaining streets during winter that residents need to be aware of. These include: • There is no parking on any public street between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM between November 1 and April 30. Vehicles parked on public streets during these hours are subject to immediate ticketing and/or towing. • There is no parking on any public street after a snowfall of 2.5 inches or more until after the street has been plowed to its full width. Vehicles parked on a public street during a snow emergency are subject to immediate ticketing and/or towing. • Snow from private property may not be deposited on the traveled portion of any public street, sidewalk or trail. •Property owners are responsible for removal of snow, ice and other debris from concrete sidewalks adjacent to their property within 12 hours after the snowfall has stopped. • Property owners are responsible for clearing snow from around fire hydrants and mailboxes. Mailboxes can be especially vulnerable to damage from snow removal operations and the city does not assume liability for mailboxes damaged during plowing unless it is determined that the plow made direct contact with a Winter brings changes to nature as mailbox that was properly placed in accordance with city standards. snow rules take effect. • The operation of snowmobiles within the city is regulated by the City Code and Minnesota State law. Snowmobilers are encouraged to be familiar with these regulations. The Otsego Great River Riders club<www.ogrr.us> is also a good resource for information on snowmobiling in Otsego and snowmobile related events. Motorists are also urged to use caution during winter weather conditions and be awareof possible city, county and Minnesota Department of Transportation snow plowing operations. Slow down and stay behind the snowplows. Drivers should allow at least five car lengths between their vehicles and snowplows. The road behind the plow will be the safest place to drive: Stay back stay alive. The Otsego City Code is available for review on the city's website. If you have any question regarding this information, please do not hesitate to contact City Hall. Your cooperation in following these rules this winter season is greatly appreciated to ensure the safety of Otsego residents and motorists within the community. Snowmobile Club anticipating winter fun Patrick Hilden,Otsego Great River Riders It's that time of the year again. There are the familiar they are planning their youth training program which will smells in the air that certain people are familiar with. You be held in December of 2008. The next meeting for the see these people everywhere in our community. They are River Riders will be December 4, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at walking around with a little more bounce in their step and Rockwoods Grill and Backwater Bar. This local club is hope in their eyes. That smell?It's not the community based and is very active in maintaining a trail smell of the brown colorless leaves that system in our community. If you are interested in joining have fallen on the ground, it's the smell of the local club and meet some neighbors from Otsego that the snowmobiles being started for the first are interested in supporting the sport that we enjoy in our time of the season. community please attend our meeting or visit our web site Trail signs are beginning to be set up at http://www.ogrr.us/ right now by the local snowmobile club, The trails in the state of Minnesota official open on Otsego Great River Riders. The club December ls` I hope to see you on our portion of that state members are not only setting up the trails, wide trail system! w.� Highway 101 upgrade completion , „ A major improvement in our city, upgrading Minnesota Trunk Highway (TH) 101, d � I is finally being wrapped up as fall ends and winter is knocking at our door. I thought OTES it would be nice to thank all of the parties involved. Governor Tim Pawlenty announced in 2003 that TH 101 would bie upgraded to a from the freeway in Otsego as part of an $800 million state transportation bill The estimated mAYOR cost to upgrade TH 101 was more than $60 million, of which Otsego, StMichael and Wright County were responsible for 15 percent. A significant contributor to this project was the Gil & Billie Darkenwald family who donated land adjacent to TH 101 valued at almost $9 million. These properties, along with additional land b Mayor Jessica Stockam dedicated to the city at CSAH 39, were then turnedot over to the Minnesota Y p Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT)to meet the full local share of the project _- m cost. Without the participation of these Otsego property owners, the city would not have been able to pay its share of the project cost and the funding would have been used elsewhere in the state. In May 2006 construction began and continued over the next 30 months. Completion of the TH 101 project means safer roadways and improved access to our community for residents and businesses. The City Council greatly appreciates everyone's patience during the project and we want to encourage everyone to continue to patronize our local businesses as we hope they are now seeing an increase in visitors to their locations! The City Council also extends our gratitude to Mn/DOT District 3 staff, C.S. McCrossan, Inc. (including project manager and Otsego resident Jim Helgestad) and Otsego City Staff, specifically the city's engineer, Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc. The level of collaboration between Mn/DOT and Otsego during the project was excellent. Have a blessed Holiday Season. _'_ , , � gip. • Otsego has record „r;, � ._a..l,A11,9 REGIS�RATIOH r► , C�1���laYy,� voter turnout r viz1 , ,�, 0 On Election Day November 4, 2008 «f ,.:::..z:;-.7,„::,,,,,,.. Otsego had a record number of voters m � . .. ,::::::,...,;72:::::„...1771;-,..".:47,,',:::::,;":„. , Otsego. In anticipation of a large � number of voters, the polling location � � • ,. "" was moved from City Hall to the Public . 1,.....:::;::„:!12..-.17-,...":::„:5::',til Works Building in order to comfortably handle the expected large turn out. �{ k 'ip`" ( .:,...4, , Parking attendants directed traffic, well- ,, �`� " :7,,:,,,,L,''-': = prepared election judges, and room to ` ; �' spread out helped the day run well. s , Otsego City Clerk/Zoning a Administrator Judy Hudson wishes "A . t � �� -.•r=��,, � thank you to all the voters, staff, ., ;,� elections judges and Council for helping - ... -- 4. . in making a relatively smooth transition , ` to the new polling place. We have hada F- �, lot of great feedback from the voters int. this record turnout election." Voter turnout in Otsego was as follows: Otsego City Election Results • 6,410 registered voters at 7 a.m. Mayor Totals • 1,784 new registered voters by 8 p.m. Jessica Stockamp 4367 78.35 . 331 absentee voters by 8 p.m. Anthony(Tony)M.Skaalerud 1166 20.92 . 6,357 voters physically passed through the Write In 41 0.74 polls by 8 p.m. City Council". Totals . Currently there are 8,194 registered voters Mark Thorsted 2800 33.38 and 6,688 people Dan Scharber 2477 29.53 voted. Dave Thompson 1704 20.31 • 81.62% voter turnout. . Michael Ringdahl 708 8.44 Brian Reinbold 642 7.65 • Write-In 58 0.69 Keeping warm in winter ( St°ri. l By Jacquie Rognli Heating a home during winter in the early 1900s held IgtttI concerns for people in Otsego, but it wasn't the fuel bill they ::::::::::.:::::::: gwere thinking about.The following excerpts are taken fromt s Life at the Brick House—1911 to 1931,a book published by the Otsego Heritage Preservation Commission from the notes r and oral history of Edith Kiichli Kluge who lived during those years in the Ingersoll Brick farm house still located on County , Road 39 in Otsego. "The house was heated by wood burning stoves; a range �� . containing a reservoir to heat water in the kitchen, a heater in the dining room and another in the parlor. The parlor �,^ was used as a bedroom in the winter. Some very cold winters we put all the beds in the parlor to keep warm."' 'The upstairs bedrooms were cold in winter;no storm windows or stoves.Feather ticks and pillows helped keep us warm."- In the kitchen, "we had a large sink, but in winter you .�. � ;. �. - .��� R z.<<... .x=.„..: could not pour water through it because the pipes froze David Look Ingersoll came to Otsego from Maine in 1854 where he shut. There was an enameled water pail and matching established a farm on the Mississippi river.The family lived in a log cabin dipper on a shelf for drinking water. Everyone used it, even near a large elm tree where boats and barges tied up before building the `company.' On cold winter nights it would freeze."3 house constructed with bricks made from clay deposits on the farm.The "The cellar walls were made of fieldstone with a dirt Ingersoll Brick house is where Edith Kiichli Kluge lived from 1911 to 1931. floor. We entered it by lifting the door which was part of "In winter we hung much of the laundry upstairs in the theorch floor. Steps led down to another door opening in P P P g attic on lines strung back and forth across the room. We the center of the cellar. It was smaller than the house. The also had a tall wooden clothes rack made of dowels. cellar was used primarily to store food."4 Laundry was hung on it and put on the porch to freeze-dry. "The cellar kept food cool in summer. There were After a few hours it was brought in and thawed near the shelves for canned goods and milk products. Bins were stove.i6 used for storing potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables. "After I finished grade school, I went to high school in Apples were kept in barrels. In winter we'd pile gunny Elk River. There were no school buses and no snowplows, sacks and sometimes hay over the potatoes to keep them so the `country' students would work for their board and from freezing, If it got extremely cold we would put a one- room or work at a job and rent a room in someone's home burner oil heater and lanterns in the cellar to save the food. in Elk River."'wv Sometimes food such as carrots and beets were buried in sand in a hole dug into the cellar floor."5 Life at the Brick House— 1911 to 1931,by Edith Kiichli Kluge;Edited by Elaine Norm .Otsego Heritage Preservation Commission, 1998. 'p6;2p8;3p7;4p6;5p21;6p27;7p33 City deals with abandoned and foreclosed homes By Daniel Licht "' The Mayor and City Council have directed city staff to implement procedures to ensure property maintenance and security of foreclosed or abandoned homes and vacant lots within Otsego. During this past summer,city staff regularly inspected neighborhoods for tall grass,weeds and construction debris or buildings left unfinished. Contractors were hired as needed to resolve 444- these issues if the property owner did not fix the problem. The city's efforts will continue into winter to identify unoccupied homes so the Utility Department can turn off the water service before significant property damage can occur from frozen pipes. The costs incurred by the city to respond to these issues are billed to the property owner and, if left unpaid,will be assessed and collected like property taxes to ensure that the city's finances are not affected. Residents have also stepped up their own efforts to maintain Otsego's neighborhoods. One day this fall,a group of approximately 40 residents in the Riverwood National subdivision came together to clean up construction debris and mow grass. "It is great to see our residents taking ownership in their neighborhood,"said Mayor Jessica Stockamp. "Hopefully their hard work will promote the sale of the houses or lots next to them," she added, "and this idea of pride in your own community will grow into other areas of Otsego". If residents are aware of an abandoned home in their neighborhood, please contact the Department of Building Safety at 763-441-2593. City staff will then evaluate the property to determine if there are any issues that must be addressed to maintain neighborhood character, protect public safety or prevent property damage. I a I Otsego OK in current financial market 4r By Mike Robertson , We are all aware that the recent turmoil in the financial The Otsego Park&Rec.` December 13th markets has had significant effects on a lot of people and Commission . es,ents... ati businesses. However, it has not had any direct impact on the city lOam-lpm � Y. , + 8899 Nashua Ave. of Otsego. Under state law, Otsego can only invest in securities ( (City Hall) that are 100% backed by the federal government and/orar" `�' collateralized. Since the city of Otsego has not invested in Santa's List mortgage or derivative backed investments, its investments have x a' All the not lost value, even if the financial markets have dropped. Thest eo .e who cityof Otsego will continue to make only conservative financial i#.0.T4 _ visit. g investments. w.. FREE Cookies, Otsego Lions earn moneyfor CAER ,.. �� J s��, � � M. Refreshments& �e si The Otsego Lions want to thank the vendors a, , 4 and those that attended the Ladies Shopping Night §1 1 Sleigh Rides 73, on October 2nd. Because of the success of that � Letters event, were able to donate$1000.00 to the CAER to santa. food shelf that serves Elk River and Otsego area g � 4, .. .1 CAER residents. Jenny from CAER was at the November 18th meeting • sDonations to accept the donation and to share about the needs in the Otsego ,; ` • area that they have served. F •k.,,�, The Otsego Lions meet the third Tuesday of the month at ` Rockwoods in Otsego at 7:00 p.m. If you would like more �pifor information on the Otsego Lions, please contact Sarah 763-274- Purchase 2021 or email Shari<sharipikk@hotmail.com>. ..w N. 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Iltr ON THE GREAT RIVER ROAD EEN.v. vol. 19 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008 Newsletter of the City of Otsego 2008 Otsego city budget approved The 2008 city budget has been set by the Otsego City Council at$3,754,700. This is an increase of$509,013 over the 2007 budget. The General Fund expenditure budget increased most significantly in the following areas: • The public safety budget increased$99,600. The 2008 budget includes 40 hours of police services per day for the entire year. The 2007 budget had increased the police services from 32 to 40 hours per day beginning July 1, 2007. • The 2008 budget includes additional public works expenditures for personnel and equipment. The public works staff is budgeted to increase by one full-time employee plus one part-time employee. Additional public works equipment is expected to be needed to maintain additional streets, three new parks constructed in 2007 and a growing commercial area. • Additional engineering expenses are budgeted in 2008 to finance the federally mandated National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Phase I storm water requirements effective in 2008. The city's tax capacity increased by 15.7% and the tax rate for the city decreased from 26.673 in 2007 to 26.540 in 2008. Copies of the complete city budget can be viewed at City Hall during business hours. •••,./..., Otsego Budget Expenditures 2008 compared to 2007 $1 ,400,000 OI *,, a....a�..._€ ,� i33i tia.0.11110.11 111111x ' II ®2007 ■2008nc .. .5 1i4 —10:VVISIIMMIN $1,200,000 FR f .1< A3' ` nIf4A $1 000 000 03 3 t . _ 1 1 b .sy FFj �` '. €Fl € -.. #�O .� 3, FrigE:tm 2111 $ VEgAMW.wit otiallitil.Rf F '� tti F Z is y .�$800,000 a - ikaFi - nr ,Fig3 € WISIVOMONIN K144.01,1 mogn.A tp r . F nFay ,14cii $600 000 .? £ ; a : 3a a mr r 1 ; t �� 3 t t ? Fa: la� € OP FF s F � ii.< 11110 ITMAirg 4.04 EN lin � °Oil:WWWPONIMNP640MgAMINSMO ` i MINS:.,:: $400,000 i Z � • sa3 t. t; e � o «< MMF r ..4,.. $200 000 3 3O aM P FAN ENE INN Via&'" F F <Fa3ta� il L' ,n';MEM 3a - € WV A:i:.a' xr. ;N.l F [a 4.-.• N ra S... 1 c _O O N .0) co co E U U J LL -- U V E 0S O i 3.... as Q 0 02) State of Our City 2008 i ,: :I ,-i :ih 1 -A The Highway 101 project will be completed in the fall of 2008. As you are v aware, Otsego's new Target store is well under construction. This retail NOTES business is such a great asset to our community. It is already attracting other types of businesses. I know of a new Klein Bank to be located east of County Road 42 and south of 87`h Street NE. and Twin City Federal wants to build a new bank in the same area. I expect this spring the city will see requests for a from the variety of new business such as commercial retail, office buildings and several new restaurants. I am confident our business tax base will continue to grow and MAYOR keep Otsego's tax rate one of the lowest in the area. The city's 2008 budget balances revenues against expenditures and is the product of the City Council which began in August 2007. The 2008 budget expected revenues of$3,754,700 and expected expenditures of$3,754,700 is a balanced budget. The city of Otsego is committed to providing services to city by Mayor Larry Fournier residents and land owners in the most cost effective manner. The city budget a— © for 2008 meets our goals. The state of our city is extremely good. As always, your questions and comments are welcome. w.a Denny's & more open for business . Dennys Restaurant opened November 18, i; 2007 in Otsego's Waterfront West.Owners Laurie i_.• and Rick Todd bring a long line of experience to w ,,, ,, their Otsego restaurant.Dennys is known for their ',� -' <. great breakfasts and family priced menu.Business - 9° . „.. continues to grow as more people discover that •; Dennys is open 24 hours every day. $ Businesses in both Waterfront West and Waterfront East would like customers to know they continue to be open through the Hwy 101 .-- construction,even though access might appear CISIMETT confusing..., l ate. Wi. kA. .a,r, .2 .w , ,d.i "g.„,L l:4840.1ataii. Polling Location will move Otsego Royalty continue their reign Fall elections in Otsego will be held in the city's Public Works Building located just north of City Hall. Otsego's Junior Royalty have been busy representing the Election judges are needed for fall elections. city at events and in community service. Junior Miss Contact Judy at City Hall for information. Otsego Alexis Bestul, Little Mister Otsego Chet Jurren and Little Miss Otsego Rachel Haskamp were in the Cambridge Great River Riders enjoying snow Snowflake parade in November and the Monticello holiday by Pat Hilden,Otsego Great River Riders President parade in December. They visited the Guardian Angels Winter started earlier this year! With the cold weather nursing home for music nights in October and November and the earlier snowfall, winter sport enthusiasts got a jump and a Christmas party in December. They also have on their activities. Otsego Great River Riders Snowmobile attended the Otsego Pumpkin Patch and Santa Day at City Club members are excited about this weather. The club Hall. Their schedule will get busier in the warmer months. completed marking the trails in time for the snow and the , For applications for next year's royalty and information official statewide trail opening date of December 1St. With on joining the Otsego Festival committee, contact Rose the early snow, riders have been excited to get their Cassady(ROSDAY@msn.com or 8189 Packard Ave snowmobiles out of summer storage and use them. Otsego 55330) Applications are due June 20. Coronation Club members want to remind people to read the rules will be at the Otsego Festival September 13, 2008.w.) about snowmobiling in our city and respect your Otsego neighbors by not trespassing on their land.This is a privilege Lions present dictionaries to school to ride our snowmobiles in the community. We want to The Otsego Lions presented Otsego Elementary School encourage snowmobilers to obey the rules about riding with 35 dictionaries on February 6th. The dictionaries will snowmobiles in our community. You can obtain a copy of be on a cart for teachers to use with their classes. Principal the ordinance and rules from Otsego City Hall or link to the Erin Talley had asked the Lions for help as the school did city's ordinance from our web page [www.ogrr.us]. not have funding for the dictionaries. The Otsego Lions You can also learn how to join the snowmobile club in also presented the school with new safety patrol equipment your community on our web site or call President Pat so that the parking area would be safer.The money used Hilden at 274-0229 to learn more about Otsego Great River for both these items was from fundraisers that the Otsego Riders. See you on the trails!!! ...r..I Lions had done this past year...w ■ a Origin of the name Otsego By Jacquie Rognli "On the 6th of April, '58 [1858], when the board of *. county commissioners divided the county into towns, Otsego wasgiven its present boundaries. The first town g meeting was held at the house of John McDonald, May 11, "Otsego is said to be a word compounded of OT,a place 1858. The question of naming the town was submitted to of meeting, and Sego or Sago, the ordinary term of the voters. A large number were in favor of the old salutation used by the Indians of this region. There is a precinct name, Pleasant Grove, but the New Yorkers were tradition which says, that the neighboring tribes were • in the majority and Otsego was the winning name-from accustomed to meet on the banks of the lake, to make their Otsego in the state of New York." treaties, and otherwise to strengthen their alliances, and Many of Otsego, Minnesota's earliest settlers came from which refers the name to this practice."2 New York. Otsego Township, New York is located along Visiting Otsego, New York today, one can visit the site the shore of Otsego Lake, the source of the Susquehanna of Council Rock, said to be the meeting place at the River. William Cooper purchased land at the foot of the southern end of nine-mile long Lake Otsego near where lake in 1786 and founded Cooperstown there. The the Susquehanna River flows out of the lake to Mohawk people, part of the Iroquois Nation, inhabited the Chesapeake Bay. A short walk east from Lakefront Park in region at that time. Cooperstown takes you to see the rock just off shore in Cooper's son, James Fenimore Cooper, became a well- Glimmerglass. Council Rock is visible above the surface known author who wrote historical novels including the except in spring when the lake is high. L.w famous Leatherstocking Tales (The Pioneers, Last of the 1880 D. R.Farnham's History of Wright County;Delano Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Prairie and The Eagle; p. 355. Deerslayer) all set in the region around Lake Otsego 2 Cooper,James Fenimore;The Pioneers or Sources of the which he called Glimmerglass because its surface often Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale, 1870, p.4 reflects its surroundings like a mirror. In The Pioneers he writes about the meaning of the name Otsego. Council Rock pictures - ' — - LEFT-1905 postcard of Council Rock in Otsego Lake. LOWER LEFT-Postcard depicting Chingachgook watching AoggialallitVthe departure of Deerslayer from Council Rock in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. BELOW-Council Rock in Otsego Lake taken February 14, 2008 by Roger Rognli. - IF.=`. \ kkkk .mkrAwzgt i§ksF ' OZNOSta t.OLK, c rst;i';o I.iD:.E: • •..,. lauii"P. c4'SdAdussag`,Yct 11ttt#y�t* *Yx> bar+k""'*''' ;, ., t• S •j AO=Ckx.4xt &4s "0.4.0594*." ..'.44:'"»:it.G., raDs ss City or PRESORTED STANDARD OTSEGO US POSTAGE PAID ON THE GREAT RIVER ROAD PERMIT# 1791 8899 Nashua Avenue NE MINNEAPOLIS,MN Otsego, MN 55330 (763)441-4414 Otsego Easter Event March 15`h 11 am to 1 pm City Hall -Visit the Easter Bunny -Hunt for Easter eggs f/' -Photo with the Bunny <' -Easter candy t; -Bike giveaway Create with Easter stamps Teensy the Clown i.,::.:4::::,,,,,„ City of Otsego HERITAGE PRESERVATION 8899 Nashua Avenue NE CITY STAFF Mike Robertson,City Administrator Ron Black,Chair Otsego, MN 55330 Judy Hudson,City Clerk/Zoning Administrator Norm Freske Administration: (763)441-4414 Tami Loff,Deputy Clerk Shirley Isaacson Building Dept.: (763)441-2593 Gary Groen, Finance Director Isabel Stander Utility Billing: (763)441-2310 Kathy Grover,Bookkeeper Jon Stander Fax: (763)441-8823 Brad Belair,Public Works Supervisor Joan Vasseur Email: cityhall@ci.Otsego.mn.us Tim Rochel,Building Official Chris Wilson Web Site: www.ci.Otsego.mn.us Barb Williams,Building Permit Technician POLICE COMMISSION Sandy Lindenfelser,Special Licensing Jane Theisen,Chair OFFICE HOURS PLANNING COMMISSION Denise Andrusko ADMINISTRATION: Pam Black,Chair John Hinnankamp M-Th 8 am-6m;Fri.CLOSED David Thompson,Vice Chair Linda Lewis p Tammie Fallon Jeff Stimac BUILDING DEPT: Doug Hackman Joel Torkelson M-Th 8 am-6 pm;Fri.8 am-noon Jim Kolles Robert Vandenberg UTILITY DEPT: Richard Nichols Paul Fields,alternate M-Th 8 am-5 pm;Fri.8 am-noon Troy Watring I John Thelen,1s'alternate CITY COUNCIL Brian Gerten,2nd alternate Mayor:Larry Fournier PARKS&RECREATION Council Members Peter Torresani,Chair MEETING CALENDAR Tom Darkenwald Mike Brumm,Vice Chair City Council 2nd&4'h Mon.,6:30 p.m. Vern Heidner Krista Bean Planning&Zoning 15t&3rd Mon.,7 p.m. Rose Cassady Jessica Stockamp Parks&Recreation 2rd Wed.,7:00 pm Mark Thorsted Susan Krekelberg Heritage Preservation 3rd Thurs.,7 p.m. Beverly Kumar Kathryn Roberts,Secretary Police Commission 2nd Tues.,6:30 p.m. All meetings are open to the public.Call City Hall to -`7 _AIRRT VII3\ T confirm times if you plan to attend.Agendas and �l minutes are available on the city's web site. The Otsego View is Otsego's bi-monthly newsletter. Jacquie Rognli,Editor