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July 3, 12 Parks and Rec July Meeting Notes I will not be at the July meeting. Our regular meeting should have been July 4 That was not a good date for anyone. July 14 is our 50"' anniversary. To celebrate our whole family (kids and grandkids) are going to Grand View resort on gull lake. So I will be with you, in spirit only. There are a few items I hope that you will discuss. 1. The City Council Goals and Objectives is probably the most important issue before this committee. I have drafted a proposed response back to the Council stating a series of four goals and supporting objectives. Please discuss these goals. Make corrections, reject individual goals or objectives or add new ones. On July 3` I intend to meeting with the Planning and Zoning Committee to get their input. Why P &Z. They are the city planners. They may have expectations that we have not considered. Building parks and trails is a means to the end, not the desired end -state itself. The Comprehensive Plan 2030 lays out the strategic goal as protecting a "Sense of Community ". Parades, Parks, and programs such as Music in the Parks; are the means to creating that sense of community. Also other organizations such as the Bald Eagle Water Ski Show club help make Centerville a community where people want to live. The words used to capture the strategic goal are a direct lift from page 39 on the Comprehensive Plan. To make that overall (strategic) goal more specific, I have come up with four goals, which are then divided into objectives (or specific actions we should take). The four goals are to: 1) Foster actions the city council may take (other than parks and rec) to build or protect Centerville as a community 2) Specific actions to build or improve out parks and trails. This is where we should list improvements to the parks. 3) To raise the priority of maintaining Centerville's parks. Most of us agree that park maintenance is currently last priority and as such, jeopardizes the investment already made in developing those parks. 4) Protect the rich heritage and history of Centerville. Centerville's heritage, is the one factor that makes this community unique. My sense is that the last two goals (park maintenance and Centerville Heritage) are extremely important. Without corrective action in these areas Centerville is in danger of loosing that "small town atmosphere" referenced in the Comprehensive Plan.