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I}d F v appropriate design standards. A range • Minimize the impact of automobiles into of housing types will be available in the setting through strategies such a shared downtown, each meeting high design parking", in which adjacent land uses having standards. Centerville will meet the different peak-hour parking demands can challenge of managing growth while share parking facilities. enhancing the historic small town flavor, safety and strong sense of community • Improve access to and from County that has attracted people to live here." State Aid Highways 14 and 21. • Achieve"traffic calming" benefits Task Force Vision Statement through: an integrated street network, History of Centerville provision of options for traffic flow, the Centerville has a rich French-Canadian design of streets with adequate width, and history with the first white settlers arriving to the provision of on-street parking. the area in the 1840's. They were trappers Provide for public open space that uses coming to the area for the abundant wildlife. storm water treatment ponds as a visual Prior to the white settlers moving into the and recreational amenity to the project. area the Dakota Indians lived here in the 1600s and 1700s. At that time, this area Ensure the compatibility of buildings with was covered with dense woodlands and respect to the specific character of their many square miles of marshes, lakes, and immediate context within each district. waterways. The Dakotas abandoned their settlement in the late 1700's, but returned Encourage active ground floor uses, annually to harvest wild rice. such as restaurants, shops and services, to Soon after,families from Canada arrived animate the street within the Mixed-Use and settled here because it reminded them Corridors portion of the area. of their former homeland. Several descendants of these original settlers still • Develop a better connection between live in Centerville. downtown and Centerville Lake The city was officially established on August The task force developed a vision statement 11, 1857, when Minnesota was still a for the entire project that will guide the territory. At that time Centerville was known development of the plan and aid in the as Centerville Township and encompassed evaluation of development proposals. the current City of Centerville and the City of Lino Lakes. The downtown area of "Centerville will continue to be a small Centerville was originally known as the town and will be a safe community where French Section. German immigrants settled people know their neighbors. The farther to the west in what is now part of the historic fabric of the downtown and the City of Lino Lakes. The pioneers cleared surrounding neighborhood provide a the land for farming and agriculture soon strong sense of place and pride for followed. Residents formed the Church of residents. Residents will be able to walk St. Genevieve of Paris. to downtown through a well-connected The Downtown Redevelopment Task Force trail system. Centerville's historic wanted to build off of Centerville's history downtown will offer a mix of uses, with with an emphasis on our uniqueness of the small town character preserved by having the downtown still standing, but all of January 4, 2006 Page 5 of 34