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10-12-21 OHPC Meeting MinutesOTSEGO HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OTSEGO PRAIRIE CENTER October 12, 2021 7:00 PM Call to Order. This meeting was called to order at 6:57 PM. Roll Call: Present: City Council: CM Brittany Moores; Chair: Toni Seroshek; Commissioners: Gail Anderson, Chris Wilson, Cara Husak; Absent: Commissioners John Waldron and Kathleen Beaudry 2. Consider Agenda Approval: Commissioner Gail to approve the minutes as written with addition of Otsego View Article Review and SHPO Conference Videos. Seconded by Commissioner Chris. All in favor. Motion carried. 4-0 3. Consider the following minutes: 3.1 September 14, 2021 Commissioner Gail motioned to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by Commissioner Chris. All in favor. Motion carried. 4-0 4. Updates on City Council Actions and future OHPC items. CM Brittany Moores confirmed that Capital Improvement Conversations are happening now. Community Survey is complete and survey results are available on the city website. City is currently reviewing residential speed limits. City is also reviewing budget. OHPC asked to renew the conversation with the City Council on the preservation of one of Otsego’s last city owned historic buildings. A few questions we have for the City Council: • Is it the “last” “oldest” city owned building in Otsego? • Is there an opportunity to have the building estimated for renovation? • Is there anything that you would like the OHPC to present to show why we would like to preserve the building and recommendations for the building after restoration? 5. Otsego Festival Review Props were great! The community enjoyed the booth and Tractor. CM Brittany will as about number of attendees. We may need more artifacts for a 360-degree booth. OHPC would like to reserve the same location, next to the car show, for next year. Note: The Canopy was smaller and banner did not fit. We will need a bigger Canopy next year. 6. Misc. Otsego View Articles The Otsego View will ask for an article from the OHPC each Otsego View article. They are in need of a Winter Article now. We can add the Logging stories – float down to Otsego Creek and Sleigh Ride stories from the Ladies Aide. Commissioner John can send the digital photos to City Administrators by November 5th. The stories are located on page 10 and page 59 of the Images of America Otsego book written by Paulie Skaja-Bell and Chris Wilson. Future Stories can include: • Ebner’s Box Factory – Spring 2022? • Snowmobile Stories – Winter 2022? • Gathering Ice Block Stories – Winter 2022? • Autograph Book Story – Spring/Fall • Vasseur Clay Bricks – Spring/Fall SHPO Conference Videos. Commissioner Gail indicated that she wanted to watch the videos for the conference, but they were unable to do so at the time. The videos are now available - https://mn.gov/admin/shpo/conference/details/ 7. Adjourn. Commissioner Gail motioned to adjourn. Seconded by Commissioner Chris. All in favor. Motion carried. 4-0 Adjourned at 8:13 PM. Minutes taken/written by Commissioner Cara Husak.