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~"~~ ~fr.J~" . ~ -\jJ 0~ c11? p.t-- A ' .:frl ~~~-,&\P ~~/' 9v ~'~/p-~~' Honorable Mayor and City Council Members , I ~ '~I ~..,.}-- Downtown Business Owners Association ~ fYlo ~.: ~ ~'# {tJ'./ ~ ~~)~~o . i'.)\Y eft tP p / .~v~ Kim Moore-Syk~s. ( Io/t-f)()I) ()- ~~ ~r v-' I ~.N-'" ' Tom Peterson, CIty Engmeer p . J. ,lY\? ~ \t-. ................................................................~.~.,~~ ~ It has been discussed for many years, extending city water through the downtown area. ~ This would be one smaJI step forward toward revitalizing the downtown area. The easy , road has been taken for many years and our downtown has remained an area of the city that many are not proud of. It is time for us to make the difficult decisions to begin the process of revitalizing and renewing this unique part of our community. If you have doubts, take a leisurely walk through downtown Stillwater this weekend, respect the history, take in the architecture, appreciate a small town that has taken on the difficult decisions and admire what they have accomplished. Downtown Business MEMO DATE: February 5, 2002 TO: FROM: RE: Extension of Water CC: One of the main goals of the current administration was to increase the commercial end of our tax base. Extending water through the downtown area would be an easy way to begin to accomplish this goal and would prove to accomplish other goals as well. We feel that the time may be appropriate due to the extension of water to the new Subdivision on CenterviJIe Lake and the current condition and culture of our downtown area. We feel this could be a defining moment for the re-development prospects of our downtown as well as an opportunity for the current businesses to enj oy some benefits from all the hard work they have put into the downtown area for many years. The City of Centerville, residents of Centerville and the downtown property owners have a unique opportunity as well as a unique challenge with the mixed use downtown area. We have the opportunity to have a unique and rare historic part of our city that many city do not and can not have. The challenges are to balance the residential and business property owners in one geographical area. We, the downtown business owners, feel that it would be in the best interest of the entire city to pursue this unique opportunity, despite the many challenges. Extending city water through the downtown area is only the first step in a transformation of Downtown Centerville that could prove to be a showcase or a thorn for the city for many years to come.