05-14-91 PR MINCity of Otsego Parks and Recreation Commission
Minutes for Meeting on 14 May 1991
1. Meeting called to order at 8:00 pm by Carl Swenson,
2. Members present: Jacquie Rognli
Darlene Solberg
Carl Swenson
3. The second Tuesday of the month was adopted as the regular
meeting night. Other meetings will be scheduled as
necessary.
3. The following two tasks are first priority for the
Commission:
a. Adopt bylaws or work rules for the Commission.
After discussion, it was agreed that the Chairman would
modify rules from another city to fit Otsego, and send
copies to the members before the next meeting. These
rules will be discussed, modified as necessaery, and
adopted at the next meeting.
b. Develop a long range plan for Parks and Recreation.
This plan should include goals and policy statements
for each element of the Plan as they apply to the
City of Otsego. Examples include:
Open space
Development
Natural resources
Mississippi River
Crow River
Recreation
Community park facilities
School/community park facilities
4. Resources that can be used to assist in this work include
the following:
a. Wright County Parks
b. Hennepin County Parks
C. State Planning Agency
d. City of Brooklyn Park
e. Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc.
f. League of Cities
5. Personal views of the members as to what the City should
provide include the following in no particular order.
More parking at Otsego Park
Nature park with trails
Bike trails
Have a policy to protect trees
Cooperate with schools
Provide neighborhood parks
Put bike trails along high
Provide boat launch in more
Consider purchase of land i
Make a field trip to look a
with playgrounds
line right-of-way
places
n ag area for future parks
t parks in other cities
City of Otsego Parks and Recre:-it on Cot. -,mission
Minutes of Meeting on 11 ;:.Ane 1991
1. Meeting called to order at £3:00 pm b�, ':arl Swenson.
2. Members present: Jacquie Rognli
Darlene Solberg
Floyd Roden
Carl Swenson
3. On motion by Rognli, second by Solberg, the minutes of the
meeting on 14 May 1991 were approved as published. All voted
in favor.
4. It was suggested that the meeting agenda and minutes of the
previous meeting be mailed to members before the next
meeting.
5. The proposed bylaws for the Otsego Parks and Recreation.
Commission were discussed paragraph by paragraph. On motion
by Rognli, second by Solberg, the bylaws were adopted as
presented. All voted in favor.
6. The makeup of the commission was discussed at some length.
It was agreed that a Planning Commission member should be
included as one member of the Commission. It was suggested
that this be discussed further at the next meeting.
7. It was requested that the agenda for the next meeting
include discussion of a tour of park facilities in other
cities and a status report on the proposed recreation needs
survey for Otsego.