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MINUTES OF THE , <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,March 25,2013 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. � <br /> (3. WESTONKA HISTORYMUSEUM, Continued) <br /> One of the products the Westonka Historical Society created was a book funded by state legacy funding <br /> which came about as a result of interviewing people who attended the grade school and graduated from <br /> Mound Consolidated High School. <br /> The school building for School District 91 is still located at the corner of Watertown Road and Stubbs <br /> Bay Road. It was once a grade school and housed grades one through eight. The building is also depicted <br /> on the City's plat map. Before it was Stubbs Bay School, it was called Bederwood. The reason it was <br /> called Bederwood is that this community at one time was a very productive truck farming area and one of <br /> the crops that was grown was a favorite strawberry called the Bederwood. Bederwood was the name of <br /> the community until the Luce Line Railroad came through in 1913. <br /> Myers stated the Westonka Historical Society has been invited to move into the Mound City Hall <br /> building. The Mound City Staff is considering relocating to the fire department building where the police <br /> department used to be. This is possible due to the City having reduced staff enough to allow them to <br /> move. The Westonka Historical Society is considering having a separate room for a life-time Tonka toy <br /> collection and a life-time Andrews Sisters collection. There will also be a community room to highlight <br /> the history of Navarre, Orono, Spring Park, Mound,Minnetrista, and Minnetonka Beach. <br /> Myers stated part of the way each city will be highlighted will be by displaying memorabilia and showing <br /> videos on each of the cities. Myers stated she has one of the videos available tonight to show the Council <br /> highlighting the Big Island Amusement Park,which dates back to 1906. One of the most popular tourist <br /> attractions in the history of Lake Minnetonka was the Big Island Park. <br /> Myers played the video for the City Council. <br /> Myers stated the majority of the photos contained in the video are from the Historical Society's postcard <br /> collection,which was donated by the Williams family. Myers stated her purpose in coming tonight was <br /> to let the Council know about the museum and the historical society. Myers encouraged the City to think <br /> about how they can help preserve the history of the community and to visit their website. <br /> Levang asked if the museum will be free to patrons. <br /> Myers stated if they are able to find some way to fund it,they would offer free admission. The prior two <br /> store fronts have had free admission. <br /> Printup asked when they are planning on moving into the facility. <br /> Myers indicated they will be voting on the lease in the middle of April and that they would like to have an <br /> open house in May or June. <br /> McMillan asked how the fundraiser turned out last week at the Gillepsie Center. <br /> Meyers indicated they had 120 paid tickets sold, 49 donations of silent auction items,and over 500 raffle <br /> tickets sold.Myers stated they also received a number of good comments from the people who attended <br /> the fundraiser. The Westonka Historical Society would like to think of it as the first of a series of annual <br /> fundraisers. <br /> Page 2 of 10 <br />