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r_ '' Con�iderations for Centerville from Wavne LeBianc, Jan 30, 2001 Specif c Tasl;s, Concerms, and Goals to Consider Right Now! • A SkateBike/Scooter Park should be top priority, to be located either belund City Hall or at LaMotte Park. It would be a highly visible accomplishment and demanstrate attention to our youth. • Put the trail plan in the Comprehensive Plan. • Design two trails enough so that widths, location, and construction details are known for 1) possible development near Waterworks and along the nartheast part of Centerville Lake and 2) for the development along Main street across from City Hall. Engineering drawings should be made and should take into account a future vision. These drawings shou�d be available to current developers so they can j�ast implement it. This would avoid wasteful implementations such as was done at the cunent strip mall. • Review and ensure pending developments will meet City expectations. Ensure trails are built with at least class V so they can be seen before lots are sold to"avoid dissatisfied residents. In a like manner, I question whether people will understand there is a 45 or 50 foot easement on the north side of the new proposed Pheasant Marsh development. Perhaps something needs to be done to force developers to show that demarcation. I question whether lot size should include easement footage. Centerville should determine a lot size standa.rd that does NOT include easements on the property. I • I suggest there be a park roughly within a quarter mile of every home — thaY s a park every half mile or so in the city. This should be stated in the Comgrehensive Plan. The cunent Pheasant Marsh proposal has no I parks at all. ! • Estabiish open space requirements before the city is totally filled up with houses and commercial property. • Create a"Developer Packet" of information that includes things like the trail plan and other design specifics �, the City wants included in developer plans. • Begin work on seeking funds from the State of Minnesota for a pedestrian/bicycte bridge over 35E at Clearwater Creek. Anoka County Parks said they can probably help. An opportunity may present itself in 2002. • Begin work on seeking a study and eventual redirection of traffic around Centerville. The onty way I see to do this is to again go to the StatE of Minnesota and ask them to study the possibility of connecting 35W and 35E. There is a huge amount of impassable land around Centerville and this seems to be the only long term solution that will work. • Hire a professional planner such as the Wacker firm to help with planning in the city. I Details on a Comprehensive Pian Update '' Consider putting all the below items into the Comprehensive Plan. Put the trail plan in the Comprehensive Plan (Target Feb, 2001, P&Z rush.) Review reqnirements for park distribution in the city. Generally, I suggest a park be within '/ mile of every home (that's a park every %z mile). (Target spring 2001.) Review and decide requirements for sidewalks or not. Put results in the Comprehensive Plan (Target completion Feb, 2001 in time for the P&Z spring rush of developers.) Replace existing comprehensive pedestrian plan refarred to in the Comprehensive Plan with a new guideline. (Target Feb, 2001, P&Z rush.) Review requirements for trail access to parks. Trails should go all the way to the street. The design mistake of the catch basin dead center on the trail at Acorn Park I don't believe is a coincidence. The developer looked everything over and saw a place to put the drainage through public land and the catch basin where a trail should have entered the street. It will happen again. The drainage culvert is also too short, ending close to the middle of