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, <br /> > iG0$ of its park resources to LAND! Open space and our parks will define <br /> > the future of Centerville. We need more of it. We have one nice chunk of <br /> > property on one end of the City (Lamotte) and a few tidbits of parks here <br /> > and there. But Lamotte park is already fu11. Soccer fields hardly fit. The <br /> > nearest park from my house is oner a mile away. Kids that grew up in our <br /> > neighborhood had no place to play except in their own back yards. This <br /> > does not provide a meeting place for kids or adults in neutral space. <br /> > Centerville has no "adult" parks. I� is ironic that Centerville, the city <br /> > of lakes, doesn't even have access to any lakes. Can we make the property <br /> > owned by Anoka Parks by the lake, a park? <br /> > <br /> > This is the first Council where I have seen a Park and Rec budget that is <br /> > understandable. This is the first time where the entire Council came to a <br /> > Park and Rec meetinq and listened and offe�ed opinions so that everyone <br /> > could move in the same directian. This is the first time I have seen <br /> > proposals from someone on the Council that actually suggests INCREASES in <br /> > funding for Park and Rec. (the increase proposed still doesn't get us to <br /> >$222k) This is the first time plans, goals, and a vision have been <br /> > attempted and its the first time they have been made public and are <br /> > offered for publ.ic comment. <br /> > <br /> > The potential for Centerville is TREMENDOUS! This is a crossroads. Will <br /> > Centernille go for it? Or, wiZl it become row after row of houses with <br /> > hundreds of kids looking at each other on the streets wondering what to <br /> > do? <br /> > <br /> > Wayne ' <br /> > � <br /> > PS The person I talked to happens to deai with Earth Day at Wargo. I <br /> j finally found a contac� who can help me with Earth Day there. I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> Z <br />