Ohuta Park

Council approves Ohuta Park design and engineering contract

Feb 20, 2020

The Lake City City Council on Feb. 10 approved a design and engineering contract with WSB for Ohuta Park. WSB is the firm that helped the city produce the Ohuta Beach Special Area Plan approved by the council. In addition, the contract calls for WSB to provide the city with bid packages covering...

Ohuta Park developments approved 5-2

Feb 5, 2020

Work on the Ohuta Park redevelopment is expected to begin this summer. On Jan. 13, the Lake City City Council voted 5-2 to approve the Ohuta Park Special Area Plan developed for the city by WSB and a three-year phased construction program. Cindy McGrath and Faye Brown voted against the measure....

$5,000 grant goes to splash pad effort

Feb 5, 2020

An effort to raise $100,000 for an interactive fountain or splash pad at Ohuta Park got a boost recently. The Blandin Community Foundation awarded a $5,000 Blandin Leadership Grant to the effort. Blandin Leadership grants are available to alumni of the Blandin Community Leadership Program. Lake...

More of city’s requests land in governor’s bonding proposal

Jan 22, 2020

Lake City already had one reason to be optimistic about the coming state bonding bill. Now it has a few more. Gov. Tim Walz announced Jan. 15 more of his priorities for inclusion in the bonding bill. They include over $2 million in matching funds to help Lake City construct 280-foot breakwaters at...

Lakeside fountain will bring generations together, boosters say

Jan 9, 2020

A group of Lake City women are working to bring an interactive water feature to the city’s lakefront. After a previous effort begun in 2016 to bring a splash pad to Lake City fizzled, Megan Kramer said she came back from the Blandin Community Leadership Program interested in giving it another try...

Council mulls beach plan implementation

Dec 11, 2019

With the final plan for Ohuta Park beach delivered, the city council had a lengthy workshop discussion Monday, Dec. 9, about how to implement it. The plan from WSB called for a four phase project with an estimated cost of over $7 million. City Administrator Rob Keehn asked the council for...

Letter: Spread the wealth

Nov 7, 2019

To the editor: If any full-time residents have not done so, I encourage them to please think about what they believe is critical for Lake City to remain a vibrant community during the next 20 years. And I encourage those against changes to please publicly share why they feel maintaining the “...

Ohuta Park plan moves toward final version, cost estimates

Oct 23, 2019

The Lake City City Council took another look at plans for the Ohuta Park and Marina Beach area during a special council meeting Monday, Oct. 21. The council gave its final feedback on a preliminary design before WSB, the firm the city hired to help develop a plan for the area, develops a final...

Letter: Events, not 'Field of Dreams,' will bring people to Lake City

Oct 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This letter was originally sent to the members of the Lake City City Council on Oct. 20. The author has submitted it as a letter to the editor. Dear council member: I understand your desire to increase the utilization of Ohuta Park by citizens of Lake City and beyond. I also would...

Letter: Ohuta park could use a covered picnic area

Sep 26, 2019

To the editor: I just love the Farmer’s Market we have on Thursday evening here at the beach in the summer. I wish the Saturday morning market could be as successful. While I was at the market last week, I got an idea about the new facility the city is planning for the park and beach. This is our...