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emir(e 1880 `Main StStreet, CenterviQ 547(55038 Established 1857 651 -429 -3232 or rat651 -429 -8629 October 19, 2011 Ms Renee Allen Running Aces Harness Park Players Reward Manager 15201 Zurich Street Northeast Columbus, MN 55025 -7908 Ms Allen, The City of Centerville is seeking monetary assistance from a few community minded organizations in order to make improvements to the City parks and trails. Like other small cities, Centerville is looking for ways to continue improving our City while constrained by an exceptionally tight budget. We are in the process of completing a trail extension project and establishing a new trail head park. The trail extension project is funded through a Federal Grant and took advantage of two small parcels of land the City acquired from Anoka County with the widening of County Road 14. However, there are some finishing details that were dropped to reduce the overall cost. Centerville's Parks and Recreation Committee is trying to find ways to raise the needed funds without the use of additional tax dollars. The specific projects include a sand volleyball court in LaMotte Park, trail signs in LaMotte and Acorn Parks and on the county trail that runs through Centerville. Irrigation systems to protect the City's investment in Hidden Springs and Cornerstone Parks at about $8,000 each are additional projects awaiting funding. Our Parks and Recreation Committee has had some success in getting small improvements completed without the use of tax dollars. We have a new City flagpole and Veteran's Memorial, which will be dedicate on November 10, 2011. This is an Eagle Scout project. The Bald Eagle Water Ski Show has relocated their show site to a small slice of shoreline on Centerville Lake next to the County trail. Improvements to that site are being planned by the water ski club. The City Council has set up a reserve revenue account and set a three year target date for the sand volleyball court in Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. The Parks and Recreation Committee has taken on the challenge to raise the needed funds. We need $10,000 in a reserve account before we can go out for bids on the sand volleyball court. The Parks and Recreation Committee raised $1,990 from a run and in- line skating event in conjunction with Centerville's 2011 Fete des Lacs celebration. There is now $4,500 in that reserve account. This project may be completed in phases with a parking lot added at a later date, but initial estimates have the volley ball court