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Fall The rq. OTSEGO ON THE GREAT RIVER ROAD Newsletter of the City of Otsego Vol. 6, No. 4, October 1996 Otsego 's cit limits Chan e Candidates file Y g The map of Otsego took on a new added to the city (see p. 2). In Election of city officials will take shape Aug. 1, 1996 as a portion of September, the task of updating the place at the general election Tuesday, Frankfort Township was added to zoning of the new Otsego properties was Nov. 5th. The polls will be open at Otsego and some of Otsego became started. Otsego City Hall 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Albertville. It was all part of an Otsego City Clerk Elaine Beatty, City posts up for election are mayor agreement between Otsego, Albertville, expressing the wishes of city officials for and two city council seats, all four year St. Michael,and Frankfort and approved all the new residents and businesses, terms. Mayor Norman F. Freske has by the Minnesota Municipal Board on said "Welcome to Otsego. We are happy chosen not to run this year. He has been July 25th. The action also meant the end to have you in our community. If you mayor since the city incorporated in of Frankfort Township. have any questions or problems, call 1990. Council member Larry Fournier's Most of Frankfort, 24,535.55 acres, City Hall and we'll try to help you with seat will be open as he is running for the became part of the city of St. Michael on anything we can." position of mayor. Ron Black is running Sept. 1st. Just east and west of Housing developments added to the for re-election to his seat on the City Albertville, 427.05 acres of Frankfort city are Wokson Hills, 31 units on 58th Council. became Albertville. Otsego received and 59th Streets, Autumn Woods, 29 Candidates who have filed for city 427.05 acres of eastern Frankfort. units on 56th St. and Quilley, and office are: On the north and west side of Taylors Ridge, two units on Co. Rd. 36. Mayor Albertville, 407.33 acres of Otsego There are also 21 other residences. Larry Fournier became Albertville. This is the area Otsego had been planning to take a Vince J. Peterson where several former Otsego property look at revising the city's comprehensive Rick Savitski owners had previously petitioned to be plan, especially focusing on the eastern City Council annexed to the city of Albertville. Hwy. 101 area and the western triangle Mark Berning In the end, Otsego has become 230 south of 194. Now that planning will Virginia Bistodeau-Wendel acres and 174 residents larger, adding also include the newly added area Ron Black 198 new residents and losing 24. From between Hwy 101 and Dayton. `, Richard Nichols w Frankfort. 14 businesses have been Floyd Roden A.,/ Current Development 0 eSorenson Ridge 29 lots, SE of Co. Rd. 39&Nashua Heritage Plains C A 17 lots,Oakwood&Co. Rd. 39 , Rivers Glen 19 la City Hall' © 8 lots, SE of Odean&Co. Rd. 39 o i ii, 85TH ST. i / ¢A ¢ • Lin-Bar Estates Ze Sots,NE of Co. Rd. 37&Odean 0 Lll O ` a e ©Executive Golf Course SE of 85th &Nashua - qCB 37 Aki -"'' ® IV .ETV�CCEt ® N 407.33 acres added to ® A Albertville from Otsego 637.4 acres added to / II,Or Otsego from Frankfort — rZ0 • I411:X XfI\X City of Otsego Former OTS GO , 1 8899 Nashua Ave. NE . Otsego, MN 55330 Frankfort (612) 441-4414 I'' I UL\'ELO 'KEVT OFFICE HOURS �J 11 Monday through Friday businesses 71 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. NEws CITY COUNCIL Mayor- join O Norman F.Freske Council members- Ron Black Hanson Welding and Fabrication, Larry Fournier Otsego welcomes fourteen new businesses 5889 Queens Ave. NE,241-7999, does all Vern Heidner to the city from the former Frankfort kinds of welding and custom fabricating for Suzanne M.S.Ackerman Township. They became part of Otsego on CITY STAFFbusinesses and customers. Aug. 1, 1996 when 637 acres of the Elaine Beatty,City Clerk/Zoning township between Hwy. 101, Dayton, and Administrator J &T Auto, 16401 60th St.NE, Suite 1, Phyllis Cokley,Financial/Business the Crow River were annexed into the city. 441-3217, sells used cars. Director Judy Hudson,Deputy Clerk Anoka Ramsey Outlet(formerly Carol Olson,Secretary McAlpine's Well Drilling, 18280 Dayton Dave Chase,Maintenance Riverdale Furniture), 5781 Queens Ave. River Rd.,428-2252, does complete well Duane Fiedler,Maintenance NE,428-7150, is preparing to open its installations for home,farm, and industry, PLANNING & ZONING showroom of snowmobiles and snowmobile well sealing,and pump sales and service. Carl Swenson,Chair equipment. They will carry clothing,new Eugene Goenner and used snowmobiles,trailers, and Jim Kollesaccessories in time for the snowmobile Metro Home Insulation, 5861 Queens Arleen Nagel Ave. NE,441-2313, is a complete Richard Nichols season. They are affiliated with the Anoka insulation specialist, commercial and Bruce Rask Ramsey Sports Center. I.G. Roskaft residential, specializing in new PARKS & RECREATION Combined Welding Machine, Inc., installations. They insulate foundations, sThomas Baillargeon,chair 5873 Queens Ave. NE, 241-0685, is a alls, attics,and do Dura-Seal Jeff Bartheld foundation damp proofing. Metro Home Debbie Carron welding and machine shop that does Insulation has been locally owned and Tom Constant fabricating to order. operated for 16 years. Call for an Teri Kohler Roche Martin Crow River Rental on Hwy 101, appointment. Bill Olson,first alternate Darlene Solberg 428-2678, rents contractor equipment, Power Screen, 5470 Quam Ave.NE, EDA ADVISORY lawn and garden tools, generators, concrete 428-2260, sells screening and conveying Liz Wilder,chair tools, a full line of power tools, party tents, equipment and recycling systems. Darlyn Kofoed tables, chairs, and much more. LeRoy Lindenfelser Wally Odell Steve's Floor Covering, 5897 Queens Rudy Thibodeau Crow River Farm Equipment Ave.NE,441-6772, does residential and Dave Sederberg commercial sales and installation of HERITAGE PRESERVATION Elk River Collision Center, 16401 NE ceramic tile,marble, woodflooring,vinyl, Joy Swenson,chair 60th St.,441-7587,does complete auto and carpet. Their showroom is open by Janet Bridgland body work on domestic and imports. Arlene Holen appointment. Frieda Lobeck Franko Automatics, 5881 Queens Ave. Joan Nichols Zroka Cabinets and Fixture Co., 5895 Elaine Norin NE,241-1657, is a precision screw Queens Ave. NE,441-6442,builds Norman Schwanbeck machine shop for commercial businesses. commercial case work,plastic laminated mii ` ���j Glass Products Inc. 5889 Queens Ave. store fitures. They hve been in business 7 OT EGO V JE Y Y for 16 years,with ten years in the area.wv L� NE,441-4588, does installation,repairs The Otsego View is a community newsletter and service for commercial and residential for the city of Otsego. applications, including windows,doors, Jacquie Rognli,Editor Yote Now. St''7� Correspondence and news items are welcome aluminum entries, store fronts,mirrors, and should be sent to Otsego City Hall. and shower doors. ] at Otsego City Hall Contains 50%recycled W 8899 Nashua Ave. NE pre-consumer material. 2 { f i INA.d .iliiild' il .A.1 Otsego "Anna" r history book Letters 4 ' F available from the rktli The Otsego Heritage Preservation `�h s Commission has published its first 41 er,r, F, history book, Otsego - In the Beginning Attic n - 1852 to 1880. The book will beby Sally Anne Dare Anna, who calls herself"a little available for $15.00 on Heritage Day, French girl"was born at"Rogers Oct. 6th, and from members of the Anna is a story of Anna Fournier of Siding"in 1885 . . . and makes Heritage Commission. Otsego and Laurence Dare of Elk reference to"American people"who Over 300 families named in census River viewed through a collection of are among her friends. Anna and and land records are included in the letters written from 1903 through LAD,as he was nicknamed for his book. The first permanent settler arrived 1907. The following excerpts from initials,came from opposite sides of in 1852 and by 1880 nearly all the land the preface of the book fulfill the the Mississippi and unique cultures. had been claimed. The book contains hope of the author that"the reader information from other history books, will encounter interesting aspects of Otsego students. . . continued to rely diaries, old township documents, and life in Elk River and Otsego nearly a on the old ferry to get to school in Elk cemetery records.v„v hundred years ago." River. For about fifty years or more a large squarish ferry connected the two Heritage Day Anna's writings give us a rare communities. The Otsego Heritage Preservation opportunity to explore a first person account of a period of major changes Anna tells of weather related dangers Commission has invited everyone who in Elk River,Otsego, Dayton, and of the Mississippi crossing. Storms, has roots in Otsego or an interest in the Rogers. In 1903 one crossed the freezing,and floods separated the history of the city to come to the second g Anna complains of annual Heritage Dayon Sunda Oct. Mississippi only by ferry,only in the populations. P g y� lonel unconnected 6th,noon to 4:00 p.m. at City Hall. right seasons and only on days when Y� Sundays,and she thousands of logs weren't pounding gives some harrowing accounts of A display of pictures,maps,books, downstream. . . Until 1903 no cars personal encounters with river ice. and other documents and a brief had touched the dirt streets in this What was really buzzing in the air on program at 1:30 p.m. that will provide art of Minnesota. both sides of the big river was the information about the activities of the P need for a bridge. Heritage Preservation Commission is And it was in 1903 when two planned. People are encouraged to bring teenagers, students at Elk River High August 8, 1903. "Our ferryman, Mr. historic pictures or other information School,met and began the delightful Vassar has bought a new farm. Only they are willing to share. The correspondence which forms the basis forty acres, but land out here is so Commission will be able to make copies for this story. The lives of Anna Delia rich and valuable that he can easily that day. ..w Fournier of Otsego and Laurence make a living on forty acres. . ." Albee Dare of Elk River began to Jerome Perrault, 71, dies intertwine forever in an old fashioned December 2, 1904. "Oh dear, I dread Jerome Perrault,who served Otsego romance. that old story. I thought we'd have a for half a century, died of heart disease bridge this fall.No one can imagine July 11, 1996. Perrault started as Otsego,then a township,now a city how hard it is for us on this side of Township Deputy Clerk in 1947, directly across the Mississippi from the river. You start off in the morning Township Clerk in 1947, and was Elk River,was already settled by and don't know but what you'll come Otsego's first City Clerk from 1990 until Germans, Yankees,and others new to back home in a hearse or else float retiring in 1995. the area;but roughly between Dayton down to Minneapolis." Perrault was born in Otsego and and the early settlement of Otsego grew up there on the family dairy farm. "Village,"French Canadian "Anna"Letters From the Attic is He was noted for his phenomenal immigrant families also had settled, available at the Elk River Star News. memory and was considered to be a since the late 1840s. vv../ valuable source of historical information about Otsego. v..v 3 r Firearms ordinance and state law govern PARK & hunting in Otsego ��, Cooler days and crunching leaves permission to enter private land or signal the beginning of Minnesota's notification to stay off may only be given Plans made for hunting season. Minnesota's trespass law by the property owner, occupant, or historic building and established hunting seasons are to be lessee. The Parks and Recreation headed as well as compliance with the Hunting Seasons Commission has been looking city firearms ordinance for a safe and The DNR establishes specialized into moving the old town hall happy season. hunting seasons for small game, big building to Otsego Prairie Park. M City Firearms Ordinance game, waterfowl, and wild turkeys and The Historic Preservation /� The Otsego Firearms Ordinance also specifies hours of the day when Commission has identified the establishes a no-discharge zone that shooting and trapping can take place. one room wooden structure as an includes all of the immediate urban Information on state hunting historically significant building in the service area and some parts of the long requirements can be obtained from the city of Otsego. It is located just east of term urban service area. These are the DNR at 612-296-6175.w� the old town hall on Co. Rd. 39 and more densely populated areas of the city. Nashua. It was the second hall built on The discharge of a firearm is Sewer/water �,A,� prohibited in the city except as permitted info the town site. under the ordinance. Permitted uses Lions will serve throughout the city include discharge by meeting set law enforcement officers or military A public information meeting on benefit breakfast personnel in the line of duty, when proposed municipal sewer and water is The Otsego Lions will serve pancakes preventing g an greatoffense bodily harm cain d to cause certain scheduled for Wed., Nov. 13, 7:00 p.m. and french toast on Sunday, Oct. 13th, deatfirearms safetyinstruction, and in other at City Hall. The public is invited to get 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Otsego City information on the preliminary plan.u„v Hall. Free will donations will be taken. situations as detailed in the ordinance so long as no innocent party is endangered. All proceeds benefit community projects. ,-A-A...,Hunting is permitted outside the designated no-discharge zone so long as no innocent party in endangered and CgLENM/ must be at least 500 feet from all October 2 8:00 p.m. Planning&Zoning Commission Meeting buildings unless the person owns the October 6 Noon-4:00 p.m. Heritage Day at City Hall building or is carrying written October 7 7:00 p.m. Economic Development Authority Advisory permission. Committee Meeting Target practicing with bow and October 8 7:00 p.m. Parks& Recreation Commission Meeting arrow with target tips, BB, or pellet gun October 13 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Otsego Lions Breakfast at City Hall is permitted throughout the city when October 14 6:30 p.m. City Council Meeting done with a suitable backstop at least October 16 8:00 p.m. Planning&Zoning Commission Meeting 200 feet from all buildings unless the October 24 7:00 p.m. Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting person owns the building or is carrying October 26 Haunted Hayride written permission. Persons under the November 4 7:00 p.m. Economic Development Authority Advisory age of 18 require parental supervision. Committee Meeting The firearms ordinance also November 5 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. General Election addresses other permitted exceptions and November 6 8:00 p.m. Planning&Zoning Commission Meeting details possession and transportation of November 11 OFFICE CLOSED Veterans Day firearms. November 12 6:30 p.m. City Council Meeting Copies of the Otsego Firearms 7:00 p.m. Parks& Recreation Commission Meeting Ordinance can be picked up at City Hall. November 13 7:00 p.m. Public Information meeting on sewer and Trespass Law water According to the Minnesota November 20 8:00 p.m. Planning&Zoning Commission Meeting Department of Natural Resources, November 21 7:00 p.m. Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting (DNR), trespass is the most frequent November 25 6:30 p.m. City Council Meeting complaint from landowners. November 28 OFFICE CLOSED Thanksgiving Permission should always be granted before entering private land. Legal 4