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<br />) Council Member Brenner explained the youth center was very important desired by <br />residents, and came about through the Minnesota Design Team visit. <br /> <br />Council Member Sweeney offered he would rather see a community center than just a <br />youth center. He also questioned where it would be located. <br /> <br />Council Member Brenner stated it would be located near the current public works <br />building. The City owns all of that land by public works. The plan is to build a youth <br />center, bike ramps, basketball court, and a heritage museum all in that area. <br /> <br />Council Member Travis questioned what was meant by complete ordinance codification. <br /> <br />Mr. March explained this is a long awaited process which will take considerable time to <br />complete. It is something that has needed to be done. He offered this is something the <br />City could do over time, possibly a little at a time through council meetings. Other <br />communities have taken up to 2 - 2 1/2 years to complete on their own codification. <br />Some communities have hired interns to. walk the streets to find violators (i.e.: junk <br />vehicles, weeds, nuisances, etc.). <br /> <br />Mayor Wilharber questioned if it would be better to have an attorney complete the <br />codification for us, or possibly the intern. <br /> <br />Jim March noted that our current intern, James Bownik has been the most productive and <br />competent we have had, and more than likely we will be loosing him. <br /> <br />Council Member Sweeney mentioned there were no mentions of park and trails on any of <br />the mentioned goals. He stressed it is very important to allocate the use of our parks. He <br />mentioned there aren't any football fields, tennis courts or basketball courts, and the grass <br />isn't kept up very well at any of the parks. <br /> <br />) <br />) <br /> <br />Mr. March commented this has been discussed in the past. Adding that in the past it was <br />always more important to take cash over land for park dedication fees, but recently it has <br />been more important to take land overcash. Currently the Park and Recreation <br />Committee is looking into making the Acorn Creek Park more appealing to older <br />residents. Park and Recreation would like to see BBQ pits, picnic tables, benches, <br />horseshoe pits, and possibly a dock on the pond or benches around the pond in the park <br />area. He stressed the City needs to develop the parks we currently have. Mr. March also <br />added the DNR has a lot more money this year than in the past, thus there are several . <br />grants the City will be applying for to help with the development of parks and trails. <br />LaMotte Park is a regional park - open to all communities - not just Centerville. The <br />Lions Club would like to build a shelter / concession stand in LaMotte Park to use at the <br />annual Fete des' Lacs Celebration. They currently pay $2000.00 for two (2) days of tent <br />rental. <br /> <br />5 <br />