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<br />Goals Feedback <br /> <br />Subject: Goals Feedback <br />Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01: 13:39 -0500 <br />From: "LeBlanc, Wayne J" <Wayne.LeBlanc@UNISYS.com> <br />To: '''doug_ W ~orter@deluxe.com'" <doug_ W '-porter@deluxe.com>, <br />'"Karla@raydevine.com''' <Karla@raydevine.com>, <br />"'tpplus5@AOL.com'" <tpplus5@AOL.com>, <br />"LeBlanc, Wayne J" <Wayne.LeBlanc@UNISYS.com>, <br />"jlien@centervillemn.com'" <jlien@centervillemn.com>, <br />"'Brian Walter'" <brian_walter@cnt.com>, Terry Sweeney <terry.sweeney@isd.net> <br /> <br />Perhaps I am at a disadvantage. <br /> <br />1 have been to all the goal setting workshops and watched many of the <br />Council meetings on TV, and, for whatever reason, I feel the goals document <br />looks like a reasonable place to start. 1 saw it develop and am mostly <br />comfortable with it. <br /> <br />Please consider these observations. (I'm sorry they are so long, but I <br />wasn't sure how else to address the concerns.) <br /> <br />1 decided to call Mayor Swedberg to get some clarifications. He said his <br />purpose in January, February, and March was to gather input from staff and <br />the committees. He held workshops and attended committee meetings to gather <br />input. He assembled everything he heard and tried to put it in one document. <br />Now he wants feedback from everyone on this document including the public. <br />(1 think it would be less efficient if every committee tried to sponsor a <br />public hearing on topics in their separate domain as suggested in Brian's <br />letter. 1 think it is better to have all the goals of the city in one place <br />for public comment.) None of it is set in concrete. He said he is still in <br />information gathering mode. If you look at the April 3 Quad, page 9, the <br />last sentence, he said, "I realize what finally comes out could be <br />completely different." He also told me that his job is to find the money, it <br />the Park and Rec's job to decide what to do and how to do it. <br /> <br />1 hope Park and Rec is open to suggestions and I think that is all he is <br />saying right now - his goals are open for comment. <br /> <br />Let's look at the goals individually and compare them with our current <br />wishes. <br /> <br />We want money for a skate park and electricity. In the first paragraph of <br />goal 2, he says it's a done deal - money is there already. His document is <br />really trying to look beyond that. <br /> <br />Next, in item 1, he is offering new money for Recreation Programs. We have <br />been exceedingly lucky to get the YMCA and Wargo to sponsor programs at our <br />parks this year. Most communities would have to develop this from scratch <br />and Tim's rough figure of $75,000 might not be out of line. 1 have never <br />seen this kind of support from anyone on any previous council for Park and <br />Rec activities. Wouldn't you consider it lucky that the Mayor is willing to <br />offer such support? We only learned yesterday of the possible Wargo programs <br />in Centerville. How could Tim know all these details? He said he's not <br />interested in working out the details, that's what he wants Park and Rec to <br />do. <br /> <br />Next he mentions swimming. I personally think this is a great idea. I don't <br />know if we can pull it off this year or ever, but, it strikes me ironic that <br />Centerville, the city of lakes, has no access to any of the lakes. When 1 <br />grew up in Little Falls, MN, kids in the city had free bus transportation to <br />the "city" swimming beach which was actually a bit outside of town. The city <br />of Little Falls felt it was important that children learned how to swim. One <br /> <br />loB <br /> <br />4/6/01 10:22 AM <br />