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Considerations for The Centerville City Council and The Parks and Recreation Committee Regardin� Par�s, Trails, and Lakes To: Centerville Ciry Council Parks and Recreation From: Parks, Trails, and Lakes group_ Design Team Voiunteers Date: February 3, 1999 Design Team Volunteers interested in Parks, Trails, and Lakes have met several times. In the most recent meeting, the group met with the Parks and Recreation committee and city administrator, Jim March, to learn of their plans and to ask quesiions related to parks, traiis, and lakes. The group wants to thank Parks and Recreation and Jim March for their time and outpouring of information. The Parks, Trails, and Lakes group has formulated some recommendations for your consideration. The group sees many opportunities and they �vant to be sure these opportunities do not get away. The group has done its best to think of the community as a whole, and put forward suggestions that are both desirable and doable. These items were developed just after the joint meeting with the Parks and Recreation conunittee, and they should fit well with the current plans of Parks and Recreation. Before getting into the more extensive lists, here are the time critical recammendations most applicable to the City Council and I Parks and Recreation. ', SUMMARY OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION (marked ** � below : i A.Appiication for Cooperative Traii grant for Anoka Park connection to Lamotte Park. Due in �� February (see below, #1 uQder Trails). ', B.Acquisition of Water Utility property near Lamotte Park to enhance the Park with lakshore I and a possible fishing pier (see below, #1 under Lakes) I C.Acquisition of downtown lake property to provide a"town sqnare" along the lines of the '� Design Team drawing (see below, #5 under Trails, and #2 under Lakes). I D.Paric equipment grants (see below, #1 under Parks) �I E.Park grants. (see below, #2 under Parks) F.MnDOT help andlor funding with landscaping - this may not need immediate attention, but early application can't hurt (see below, #4 under Parks). G.Again, the Parks, Trails, and Lakes group offers the city their assistance in any way possible to heip bring about the goais mentioned below. We may have people w�ho might help draft applications, volunteer to help with planting, etc. Below are roughly prioritized separate lists for Trails, Lakes, and Parks. Those items marked �vith a** are the items aboti�e that are described in more detail below, and these items are deemed most important to discuss with the Ciri� Council and Parks and Recreation now. Trails 1.*'�Connect the Anoka Park trail to Lamotte Park. The current drawing of Lamotte Park does not sho�� a trail connection. but in the meeting with Parks and Recreation, the ob<<ious first pnorin� is to connect the Anoka Park trail with tl�e Lamotte Park parking lot. This would be a trail on the western side of Lamotte Park from the south end to the parking lot at the north end. From there, the trail tnight go east, in an eventual connection to the Centerville � Interceptor easement and/or north possibl� through or on the edge of the church property to the heart