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10-14-25 OHPC Meeting MinutesPage 1 of 2 OTSEGO HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING Lily Pond Conference Room at City Hall Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:00 PM Call to Order. This meeting was called to order at 7:01 PM. Roll Call: Chair: Tami Stinski; Commissioners: Kelly Kiffmeyer and Brooke Nault. CM Tanner and Lund. Absent: Commissioners Penick and Seroshek Open forum call: N/A 1. Consider Agenda Approval: CM Tanner requested to add a discussion from the interim Fire Chief to the agenda. Commissioner Nault motioned to approve the agenda as written, seconded by Commissioner Kiffmeyer. All in favor. Motion carried 3-0. 2. Consider the following minutes: 2.1 September 9, 2025 Commissioner Kiffmeyer motioned to approve the minutes as written, seconded by Commissioner Nault. All in favor. Motion carried 3-0. 3. SPHO Conference Commissioner Stinski attended and was disappointed when comparing it to past years due to how unorganized the conference was, especially during the tours. She did advise that the 2026 SPHO conference will be combined with another conference and will take place in July. 4. Winter Break Commissioners Stinski, Kiffmeyer and Nault agreed to start winter break the month of December through February. OHPC will have one more meeting in 2025 on November 12th moved from the 11th due to Veterans Day. OHPC will reconvene in 2026 starting the second Tuesday in March. 5. Old Business: 5.1 Time Capsule Suggestions Commissioners discussed the QR code suggestions which were also included on the last page of the agenda. The voting box suggestions were found towards the end of the meeting and Commissioner Nault will email the OHPC commissioners all the suggestions in order to make a final decision on what to include in the time capsule at the November meeting. CM Tanner mentioned admin has approved the purchase of a time capsule to be displayed first at the Prairie Center. Commissioner Stinski suggested the possibility of having a reveal or Page 2 of 2 ceremony of the contents of the time capsule. Discussions also included taking pictures and sharing the final time capsule contents on social media. 5.2 Cemetery Tour Commissioner Kiffmeyer asked for volunteers to attend a dry run of the tour on Thursday, October 23rd at 1:30 p.m. Commissioners Nault and Stinski will both be in attendance. OHPC was informed that the cemetery tour has opened registration on Otsego Parks and Rec website. Parking options, use of the digital sign and whether Rask was informed about the tour were discussed. CM Tanner advised he’d reach out to parks & rec on parking, digital signage as well as being tasked with informing Rask on the tour. OHPC commissioners discussed future cemetery tours in 2026 utilizing more acting to liven up the tour and garnering more community involvement with ideas to share at the 2026 Prairie Festival. Commissioner Kiffmeyer will also be providing apples from her farm and hot apple cider for the tour. Commissioner Nault volunteered to pick up cups for the cider. OHPC staff also discussed visiting other cemetery tours in Minnesota for ideas. 5.3 Old City Hall Commissioner Stinski had nothing new to report. 5.4 1914 Barn Commissioners Stinski, Kiffmeyer and Nault decided to table the discussion on the 1914 Barn for the November meeting. 5.5 2025 Prairie Festival Recap All three commissioners agreed that the community involvement with the OHPC booth at the Prairie Festival was the highest they’ve experienced. Asking the community input and the clear signage increased engagement. Commissioner Stinski mentioned utilizing ‘rate your opinion’ questions for future festivals to keep garnering community involvement. 6. Updates on City Council actions CM Tanner updated OHPC on City Council action items. CM Tanner brought up the Interim Fire Chief for Otsego and his suggestion to create a historical timeline pulling in the history of Otsego’s neighbors and relationships honoring other fire stations in the lobby of the new fire station. CM Tanner mentioned this could be a great opportunity for OHPC to get involved by highlighting Otsego’s historic growth. If a historic lobby is achieved, maybe there are also opportunities for the time capsule to be moved to a new location. 7. Set next meeting: Wednesday November 12 8. Adjourn Commissioner Nault motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:53 PM, seconded by Commissioner Kiffmeyer. All in favor. Motion carried 3-0. Minutes prepared by Commissioner Nault.