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Special City Council Minutes - 11/07/02 Page 4 of changes in the last 15 years. Jerry Freeman: Also urged caution on the timeline. He favors having the Parks and Recreation Commission lead the effort. He also favors having youth groups heavily involved. Al Sands: Is haunted by the question of where to locate a community center. He doubts we have room on the Civic Center site. He would like the City Manager and Parks and Recreation Director to talk seriously with the School District about using the Fairview site. If that is not a viable option, he favors using park land - namely Central Park, Howard Johnson Park, or the Cedarholm Golf Course. He also wonders if Little Canada, Lauderdale or Falcon Heights want to join us in constructing and operating a community center. He believes the timeline is four-five years away. George "Bud" Merrill: Thinks we are five years too late. He wonders, with Al Sands, where a community center could successfully be located. Worries about adding a third referendum to the already approved School and Police/Public Works bonds. Believes the City Council should lead the charge. Neal Beets: Indicated staff would circulate a written description prepared by a volunteer of the efforts made in the last 15 years to plan a Roseville Community Center; he hoped it would include a discussion of the recommendations made at various junctures and the reasons for those recommendations so that anyone could inform themselves of what had been considered in the past as we move forward again. Spoke in favor a citizens group, including persons who were neutral or presently opposed to a community center. Marilyn Pearson Florian: Urges members to remember the work and office space needs of Parks and Recreation staff. Favors a timeline that definitely leads to a Council, Commission, and Community decision. Greg Schroeder: Favors an open-ended approach leaving it to the citizens to decide whether to have a community center and,