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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.
Mr. Chamberlain, the City Council, NRRC Members and City Staff reviewed at great length
the final part of the draft report, which included a discussion of the guiding principles that should
follow in the park plan. After considerable discussion, the City Council, NRRC Members and City
Staff provided Mr. Chamberlain with several suggestions to modify the guiding principles.
Mr. Chamberlain advised that the next visioning session with the community would be
conducted in mid March.
Parks & Recreation Director Marty McNamara reviewed with the City Council, NRRC
Members and City Staff the status of the design phase of the outdoor swimming pool.
Moved by Councilmember Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Hicks, to adjourn the
meeting at 8:57 p.m. 5 Ayes; Nays, None.
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Mayor
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City Administrator