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Comprehensive Plan. page 13. Land use update. page 18,23. Trail link to Chain of Lakes Park. page 18 or so. Trail map. Goal for pedestrian bridge to connect to Hugo trail. page 26. Goal for 35W and 35E freeway interconnect. page 31. Minimize light pollution goaZ. page 31. Minimize water polution goal (e.g. phosphate free fertilizer). page 31. Goal to provide pedestrian transportation throughout the city. page 48. Update road improvement proposal. I page 50. Replace pedestrian plan. page 52. Revise bike trails section. I like the guideline of "open space or a park" within'/ mile of every home - which is "open space or a park" every'/z mile.. This should be in the comprehensive plan. The nearest park frorn my house is over a mile away... -----Original Message----- ' From: LeBlanc, Wayne J Sent: Saturday, Apri► 07, .2001 3:48 PM To: Tim and Beth Swedberg'; MARI NELSON; Linda Broussard-Vickers; Dick Travis; Mary Capra; Tim Rehbine; Michelle Moser; Betsy Scheller; Aimee Fairbrother; Jim March; LeBlanc, Wayne J; Doug Porter; Karla DeVine; 'Brian Walter'; Brian Hanson; Ray DeVine; David IGlian; John McLean; BARRY BRAINARD; Rob Sheppard; THERESA BRENNER; 'tpplus5@AOL.com'; 'jlien@centervillemn.com' Subject: Feedback on Goals - SuggesGon to Add One � I'd like to suggest the addition of another Park goal something like the following: Item 4. Open Space, Park Land, and Park Resources Open space, parks, and park resources will define the desirability of the fature Centerville. Plan now attd set aside resources (land and/or money) to reach these goals as opportunities present themselves in the short term and long term. Provide adult type parks allowing people to have picnics or just to enjoy being outside. Provide:park resources to allow citizens lake access and a pier. Provide I pazk resources to allow outdoor orchestra and band concerts (the intention here is to provide for something like a city band to I perform). In summary, provide park acreage sufficient to satisfy the needs of the residents: for adult use,lake access, and concerts, and i also (most of this is covered already) sports use, playgrounds for children, and facilities for youth (such as a wheel park). I BACKGROUND I I Wouldn't it be nice to allow Centerville residents to sit at a picnic table next to Centerville Lake and watch the sunset? Ironically, I Centerville, the City of Lakes with a festival, "Fete de Lacs" named after lakes, has no lake access. It should and opportunities are I predictable. The ciry should be ready with funds earmarked for that purpose. I personally would prefer that rather than a bond issue. I Centerville has no adu�t type parks. Lamotte park, despite it's large size, is already essentially full with sports related resources. And despite Lamotte park's 20 acre size, our largest paark, the park acreage for Centerville has tumed out to be minnnal. The City of Circle I Pines has 120 acres of parks. Admittedly, some of that is wetland and unusable for sports activities, but it is certainly usable for open � space and gives people elbow room and great views. Open space, even if it is a wetland, is important. The 1997 Comprehensive Plan ' says Centerville has 31 acres of pazks, faz less than the 120 acres of Circle Pines. Circle Pines has a population of 4,663 and is essentially fully developed whereas Centerville has 3,202 but will reach about 5,000 when it is developed. I believe Centervil�e needs to make an extra effort to provide more open space and park resources for the residents of the future - somewhere around the 120 acre figure rather than the 31 acre figure. Developments must give 10% for park dedication either in land or money. I suggest all this resource be dedicated to land or land acquisition. That is, reserve land for parks as appropriate to a development and put the remaining park dedication money into a fund for land acquisition elsewhere in the city. But there is so little land left to develop, that I think other money needs to be earmarked for open space Iand acquisition. I would suggest that more pazk dedication money from the past should have been used for pazk and open space acquisition and that it now needs to be made up. What is approprtate park laud for a development? I like the guideline of a park within % mile of every home - which is a park every'/z mile. Tlus should be in the comprehensive plan. The nearest park from my house is over a mile away. Kids that grew up in our neighborhood had no place to play except in their own back yards. This does not provide a meeting place for kids or adults in neutral space and it stifles a sense of community. And fmally, Anoka County owns some property on the east side of Centerville Lake. Could this be made into an adult � type park with a name Iike Sunset Park? The potential for wonderful open spaces, parks, and interconnecting trails for Centerville with it's lakes and undeveloped land is TREMENDOUS! I hope the city will go for it. I