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Page 1 of 1 <br />Curti, Carolyn <br />From: Donnell M. Lee <br />Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 2:36 PM <br />To: carolyn.curti@ci.roseville.mn.us <br />Subject: community center <br />Carolyn, <br />I wasn't able to make the public meeting on July 16th but I thought I would give you my ideas. I would like to <br />see a community center in RoseviNe. I have always enjoyed taking the kids to the Shoreview center. They have <br />been there for swimming, and birthday parties, and gym activities. Now they are older and as teenagers would be <br />able to use a communiry center that had teenage activities, impromptu basketball games, vollyeball, swimming, <br />fitness center activities etc.. A performi�g arts theatre that children could be involved in too would be nice. <br />Parkview Center School may be able to use that kind of space for their theatre program as well. <br />I personally would enjoy having an indoor running krack and a fitness center close-by. Something like the <br />YMCA has would be great. <br />As for as paying for it how does Shoreview pay for theirs? Maybe something similar would work for us. I <br />personally would have a Y membership if the place were closer to me. I would certainly pay a family membership <br />fee if the same kinds of facilities were offered here in Roseville in an easily accessible location. Reduced rates <br />could, and probably should be available for people with limited incomes. I may be the only person in the city that <br />would think a tax hike would be okay, but why not, for the health and welfare of the community. 1 would also like <br />to see a fast &/or slow food restaurant in the facility so people can make the trip to the community center a"day <br />thing" and the rent that you could charge them would help to pay for the facility and it's upkeep. <br />Location would be important. I like the idea of an acivities "campus" at the oval site. Building up above the <br />indoor ice arena, and/or up and out towards county road C from the police statian .(A fitness facility could be <br />used by the police officers to keep them in good heaith.) We would need more parking space. We couid have <br />shuttles Rosedale on a regular schedule going to the center. We could have increased bicycle parking and have <br />bike/walking trail bridges over the busy streets around the center, ie Snelling and county road C. (There's also <br />the Fairoiew Communiry center site, but that is on the edge of the city and I would like something a litt{e more <br />central.) <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Donnell M. Lee <br />2569 Cohansey St. <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />?122/2002 <br />