Agenda and Minutes

UCDC

Sep 8, 2009

The regular monthly meeting of the Upsala Community Development Commission (UCDC) was held Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at City Hall, Upsala, Minnesota.

Present were: Mike Disher, Marlys Juhnke, Robert Maciej, Bethany Malisheske, Mike Schultz, and Mary Wielenberg. Absent: Marlene Hovland.
Visitors: Elmer Frie.

The Meeting was called to order by Mike S at 6:05 p.m.

Motion to approve the agenda was made by Mary, seconded by Mike D. MCU.

Minutes from the August 3, 2009 UCDC meeting were reviewed. Motion to approve minutes was made by Mike D, seconded by Robert. MCU.

Mike Schultz presented bills from the 2009 Heritage Festival that need to be given to the City Council. The bills were from Firefly Design Studio, KASM radio and Ski’s Lumber. Bethany will present them to the city council at next week’s meeting.

The Upsala Planning Commission minutes from August 3, 2009 were reviewed.

The Tri-County Regional Services Center Task Force did not meet in August.

A recap of the 2009 Heritage Festival was held. Many items were discussed. Some strengths from the weekend included: new handwashing station; parade went well and received many positive comments; the Historical Society’s profits were up this year; the shuttle between the park and Borgstrom House was utilized and appreciated; Cold Dish Contest was successful and had more participants than last year; car show went well; all food booths did relatively well; the bean bag tournament was a huge success; there were no problems associated with the beer garden; fire department water fights were enjoyed by many; the kickball tournament was a huge success; the fireworks were great and the music was a nice addition this year; the Community Worship Service was well attended; and the waffle feed did well. Regarding the parade: Lone Eagle Auto Club would like their parking space blocked off for them; awards for floats will be looked into for next year; it was requested that the theme be picked earlier in the year so that entries have more time to work on float designs; discussion was held regarding having an entry in other community parades in the summer to advertise for Upsala’s Heritage Days; the committee will look into the idea presented regarding having a Senior King and Queen for the parade; and discussion was held regarding having the previous year’s Cold Dish Contest winner be in a float.

Other items discussed: crafters would like to be closer to the center of the park next year; trophies/awards for the pedal pull contest were requested; food booth locations and general park layout may be changed for next year; blow up games shut down too early, not sure why; in order to timely publicize a winner list from the various activities, a post-Heritage Days publicity committee will be looked into for next year. Other ideas presented for next year included: bingo; polish tractor pull; tug-o-war contest; and lawn mower pull for older children. Next year’s Heritage Days will be held August 14 &15, 2010. A huge thank you to the Upsala Lions and Legion Post 350 for their monetary contributions for the festival.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 p.m.

Submitted by Bethany Malisheske, Secretary/Treasurer

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall

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