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<br />-- DRAFT-- <br /> <br />City Center Task Force Report <br />Notes Summarized by Dennis Welsch <br />April 5, 1999 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND (June.1998) by Bob Bierscheid <br /> <br />Over the past several years, the City of Roseville has invested much time and energy through <br />numerous attempts to define its future. City Council planning sessions, specialized committees, <br />consultant reports and the Recreation Infrastructure Committee have been extensions of <br />direction received in the VISTA 2000. One common thread of each of the processes has been <br />the recognition of the need for a core community area that is generally described as "City <br />Center." This vision is more than a community center, more than a modern city hall, more <br />than a supporting business district and more than a quality residential site. It is an integration <br />of all of these activities into a blended formula of play, service, commerce and habitation in a <br />commons so coordinated that all of these functions thrive and grow synergistically. <br /> <br />Although the key ingredient for the well being of the community will continue to be the <br />strength of neighborhoods, studies of healthy communities reveal a common thread in that they <br />all have a thriving community focus. Several other Twin Cities communities, such as <br />Shoreview, Maplewood and Chaska have developed higWy developed community centers. <br />These efforts have relied totally on public spending and government management to provide <br />services. A few cities including the St. Paul Town Square project, Edinborough in Edina and <br />the Lifetime Fitness Center in Plymouth have attempted integrating commerce and government <br />into a common delivery system. The general purpose of the proposed City Council action is to <br />initiate a process to explore Roseville's response to the "City Center" concept with the <br />understanding that planning, design and implementation of the community's vision will be <br />staged over time. <br /> <br />"City Center" is envisioned to be a: <br />-communal gathering place <br />-center for the coordination and delivery of essential services <br />-a locale for the development of mental and physical health <br />-major venue for state, national and international cultural, sport and business activities <br />-an entrepreneurial marketplace for services and goods <br />-residential living of varied styles <br />-source of community pride <br />-hub of Roseville community activity <br /> <br />,,c, ~ o..f^. <br />\..t\.:'l <br />