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Hastings, Minnesota January 26, 1998 The City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota met in a special meeting on Monday, January 26, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. in the Volunteer Room at the Hastings City Hall, 101 4th St., East, Hastings, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Yandrasits, Johnson, Hicks, Moratzka & Mayor Werner Members Absent: Councilmember Simacek and Riveness NRRC Members Present: Janet Swanson, Turney Hazlet, Tim McInnis, Dean Crissinger and Lance Twedt Staff Members Present: John Grossman, HRA Direc}ür; Marty McNamara, Parks & Recreation Director; and Dave Osberg, City Administrator Mayor Werner opened the meeting and asked Parks & Recreation Director Marty McNamara to introduce Bruce Chamberlain, the Consultant hired by the City of Hastings to assist with the preparation of a parks plan. Mr. Chamberlain reviewed the results of a community wide visioning session held at 7 :00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13, 1998 at the Hastings Annory to gain community input for the update of the Hastings park plan. Mr. Chamberlain advised the City Council that approximately 30 participants were present, and broke into six small groups. Several exercises were conducted to gather input. Mr. Chamberlain reviewed with the City Council the results of the findings. Mr. Chamberlain reviewed with the City Council the first exercise which was an identification of the favorite places of those participating in the session. Mr. Chamberlain also reviewed with the City Council the results of an exercise that asked the participants to identify the characteristics that define Hastings. Mr. Chamberlain also reviewed with the City Council the results of the exercise that identified what the community of Hastings wants to be in the future and the characteristics that comprise the vision for the future of Hastings. Another exercise included an effort to determine the community importance placed on the visionary characteristics for Hastings.