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Original Goals Presented to Committees (Continued) . Parks and recreation is another area identified by Council. Items mentioned are youth recreation progams, trail and pedestrian access linking public facilities and neighboring communities including a plan for Main Street, improvements at La Motte Park including a range of items from skateboarding, concession buildings, electrical improvements. Council keeps the option of a Community Center as a longer-term goal, but it is not viable in this 2-year window. Perhaps the biggest challenge in recreation is which model will Centerville adopt to provide opportunities for our citizens. One model is YMCA/Boys and Girls Clubs. A second model is school- community partnerships as described by the Wallace-Readers Digest Foundation. A third option is to develop our own program. Let's demonstrate success with small pilot projects that can be evaluated for the long term. . Infrastructure planning is a major concern of the Council. Maintenance of roads, water, and sewer facilities must be planned with regular maintenance and replacement before systems fail. Within this category are items such as a new watertower, sewer and water line extension, pavement management plan, surface water management plan, capital improvements plan, and storm drainage and pond maintenance. . Traffic management is another goal, but is focused externally towards the State and Federal Governments. We will ask for assistance in fixing the safety problems at 135E and Main Street. We will encourage the dialog to build ramps to connect 135E and 135W at the "Y" north of Centerville. Council will take the lead on these issues. . Financial stewardship, budget allocation, and policy are Council's responsibility and will be discussed regularly throughout the year. Committee Visits and Open Houses In February, Council scheduled meetings with every committee to inform them of the ideas and solicit input. From these meetings a new document was drafted and distributed to all committees, city staff and Council on March 19. Comments were solicited to modify the second draft document. At the end of March, open houses for citizen input were scheduled for Saturday morning April 7 and Tuesday evening April 10. Funding was eliminated from the draft document for the open houses as a discussion of the ideas was important not the budget amount. Less than 10 citizens offered comments.