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.. City Center Update Dear Resident: The purpose of City Center Upda te is to keep you in for med abou t the acti \'i tic::, lOr the Hose\'i1le City Center Task Force. The Task Force stud:-' is the first step in an extensjn~, public process to determine the needs of the City Center neighborhood for the next 25 :-'ears. You have recei\'cd City Center Update because you live e:ther in or near the City Center area im'oked in the study. The Roseville City Council wants you to be informed about the Task Force acti\ities ~1!ld in\'o!\'ed in the planning process, The 13-member City Center Task Force was appointed b~ the Ho::;e\'il1c City COl:nci! ill .-\LlgU,,;t ui' 1998. The ~'ask Force is composed of 13 citizen members. The study \dll take at least nine mont hs and is supposed to be completed by mid-July. 1999. The consultant is Kun \\'ay, a nat ionally recognized city center designer with the firm EJlerbe-Becket. Rosevitle's Community' Den>!opmL'111 Director, Dennis Welsch (490-2232) is the City staff coordinator for the project. The purpose of the City Center study is to be \'isionary - to determi ne what the need s of the Ci t Y may be in the study area for the next 25 years. The study was recommended by the Planning Commission in the 1994 Comprehensive PJan. The center of the study area is the corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C. As Kim Way said at the October 8 organization nleeting. the strength of the area is Centra! Park. the Civic Center and the existing scale ofbuiJdings in tt~l' area. The challenge is to make the City Center more ~ccessible by pathway, sidewa!k and street systems and to create a mix of uses that inter~st ail age groups \vithin the community. One of the upcoming activities of Kim Way and the Task Force is to interview interested groups in the community including one meeting specifi.cally designed for property owners in or near the study area. The second meeting of the City Center Task Force is scheduled for Thursday, October 22,1998 beginning at 6:30 p.m., in City Hall, 2660 Civic Center Drive. The meeting is open to the public. This meeting and future meetings will be te!ecast on Cable Channel 16. If you have questions, please contact Dennis Welsch at 490-2232 (fax: 490-2931). The City Center Update will be sent to you each month prior to the City Center Task Force meeting, Attachments: 1. Agenda for October 22 meeting 2. Map of study area 3. Meeting notes from first meeting of October 8, 1998 4. Charge to the Task Force from the City Council J. 0:ames/addresses of Task Force members