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. .- I- Fall 1998- .-,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,... i. New Construction -- ~ Several new residential.developments have been built since the last edition of the newsletter. The Woods of Clearwater Creek is a 10-10t development at the far north end of Brian Drive, on the east side of Acorn Creek Park. Parkview Addition is a larger development (42-lots) located east of Centerville Road, one-quarter mile south of Main Street.. Streets are currently being consf:tUcted, with the first homes planned for this fall. Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park was expanded and totally regraded during the m6nths of September and October. Drainage improveIIlents were performed throughout the site usmg storm sewer and shallow swales. -The two small baseb8ll fields will.be replaced with three slow pitch softball fields. In addition, several other' amenities will be added, including a soccerlfootball field, youth soccer field, and open skating area. The old parking Jot will be expand,ed to _. accommodate 145 vehicles, and the hockey rink was regraded and will be redone. New Projects -- (~--", Center Villa is a 20-101 resideittial development to be located on the west '" _""de of 20th Avenue, approximately one-quarter mile south of Main Street. Willie Lessard of Lake, Area Utilities is the developer of this site, which will connect Brian Drive to Eagle Trail and include three cui de sacs. . Buechler Estates is Ii fi"e-I01 subdivision located on then<Jrth side of . Centerville Lake at the far:west end of Mound Trail. This project is currently in the planning stages, with no construction anticipated in 1998. ?? Questions ?? Residents and property owners with questions or concerns about the projects described above can call Tom Peterson of Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates. The consulting City Engineer-for Centerville, Mr. Peterson can be reached at his office in Roseville at 651-604-4868. Best Wishes, Mary Jol - ~ . On September 28, Mary Jo Helmbrecht resigned from the City Council. She was elected in 1992 and reelected in 1996. She also - served as acting mayo~ The City Council will appoint someone to \ fill the remaining two years of her term. Thank you, Mary Jo, for your dedicated service and countless contributions to Centerville! - . c City of Centervilfe - Page 5 r Property Tax Questions? It's almost time for Anob County to send out the annual property tax statements.. If you have questions on your tax statement, please feel free to contact City Hall. The City of Centerville is required to certify its ini- tial property tax ~\TY to Anoka County by September 15. Once the lev:y is cer. tified, the City has the ab~tY to lower the levy prior to acioption in Decem- ber, but the City can not raise the leyy once it is initially certified. The City had to make an educated guess this year on the amouDt to be initially certified toAnokaCounty. There were iwo maUl reasons for the initial levy being set at the current amount. One reason is that the City ofCenterville had not received a contract cost for pOlice serVices from the Circ1e-PineslLexington Police De- partment for 24 hour coverage. The second reason was that the total tax capacity of the City had not beeil de- terminedby Anoka County, since they are continually adding the Dewly con- structed homes to their property tax system. Without the knowledge of these two items, the City elected to cer- tify an inflated figure to Anoka County to mak~ sure that the "operating costs were covered in 1999. Now that the City of Centerville has. received the needed information, the City Staff and City Council will be working to refine the City budget and reduce the amount of the initial1eyy to the amount actU- ally needed for City operations in 1999. Truth in taxation hearings will be held in December to allow the City to detail theannualbudget to interested citizens. The school district,Anoka County and other special taxing districts will also be holding similar meetings.