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<br />Downtown Centerville <br />Master Plan & Development Guidelines <br />appropriate design standards. A range of <br /> <br />housing types will be available in <br />Minimize the impact of automobiles into <br />downtown, each meeting high design <br />the setting through strategies such a shared <br />standards. Centerville will meet the <br />challenge of managing growth while <br />different peak-hour parking demands can <br />enhancing the historic small town flavor, <br />share parking facilities. <br />safety and strong sense of community <br /> <br /> <br />Improve access to and from County <br /> <br />State Aid Highways 14 and 21. <br />- Task Force Vision Statement <br /> <br /> <br />History of Centerville <br />through: an integrated street network, <br />Centerville has a rich French-Canadian <br />provision of options for traffic flow, the <br />history with the first white settlers arriving to <br />design of streets with adequate width, and <br />the provision of on-street parking. <br />coming to the area for the abundant wildlife. <br /> <br />Prior to the white settlers moving into the area <br />Provide for public open space that uses <br />the Dakota Indians lived here in the 1600s <br />storm water treatment ponds as a visual and <br />and 1700s. At that time, this area was <br />recreational amenity to the project. <br />covered with dense woodlands and many <br /> <br />square miles of marshes, lakes, and <br />Ensure the compatibility of buildings with <br />waterways. The Dakotas abandoned their <br />respect to the specific character of their <br />settlement in the late 1700's, but returned <br />immediate context within each district. <br />annually to harvest wild rice. <br /> <br />Encourage active ground floor uses, such <br />Soon after, families from Canada arrived and <br />as restaurants, shops and services, to <br />settled here because it reminded them of <br />animate the street within the Mixed-Use <br />their former homeland. Several descendants <br />Corridors portion of the area. <br />of these original settlers still live in <br /> <br />Centerville. <br />Develop a better connection between <br />downtown and Centerville Lake <br />The city was officially established on August <br /> <br />11, 1857, when Minnesota was still a territory. <br />The task force developed a vision statement <br />At that time Centerville was known as <br />for the entire project that will guide the <br />Centerville Township and encompassed the <br />development of the plan and aid in the <br />current City of Centerville and the City of Lino <br />evaluation of development proposals. <br />Lakes. The downtown area of Centerville was <br /> <br />originally known as the French Section. <br />German immigrants settled farther to the west <br />town and will be a safe community where <br />in what is now part of the City of Lino Lakes. <br />people know their neighbors. The historic <br />The pioneers cleared the land for farming and <br />fabric of the downtown and the <br />agriculture soon followed. Residents formed <br />surrounding neighborhood provide a <br />the Church of St. Genevieve of Paris. <br />strong sense of place and pride for <br />The Downtown Redevelopment Task Force <br />residents. Residents will be able to walk to <br />wanted to build off of C <br />downtown through a well-connected trail <br />an emphasis on our uniqueness of having the <br />downtown still standing, but all of <br />will offer a mix of uses, with the small town <br />character preserved by <br />January 4, 2006 Page 5 of 30 <br /> <br /> <br />