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MINUTES City Council Dec. 14, 1988 Announce- is Febr~uar~y 28, 1989. Adult students are encour•aged. to apply with ments (Cont.) applicants r•equired to be at least senior•s in high school. Celebrate Mr•. ~ill Sanders appear~e~ before the Council to pr•esent his concept MN 1990 for~ str•eet and. park improvements in conjunction with the Celebrate Minnesota 1990 gr•ant progr•am. The purpose of this program is to pr•ovide Agenda funding to assist in cleaning up and beautifying communities and the Item No. 5 program coincides with the U.S. Olympic Festival that will be held in Minnesota in 1990. Sanders r~epor~ted that he is pr~oposing a combination of park impr•ovements and street-scape improvements center•ed ar•ound. Little Canada Road and specifically the new Little Canada Road bridge. Sanders reportetl. that one of the requirements of the progr~am is that pr•ojects be completed in 1989 and r•eady for• use in 1990. Sander•s pointed out that the City is in the pr•ocess of planning the development of Centerville Roa~ Park. Constr•uction on this park will begin in 1989 and continue through 1990. The School District is also c~ar•rently planning the addition to the existing Little Canada Elementar~y School, which will begin in 1989 and be r•eady for use in 1990. Sander•s also pointed out that the Historical Society is in the pr~ocess of developing a publication outlining the histor~y of the City, which is planned for publication in 1990. Sander•s repor•ted that MN DOT has recently completed the Little Canada Road br•idge project, and he has developed landscape plans for the ar•ea around the bridge which he'sis cur•rently working on with M~! DOT. This landscaping is planned for 1989. Sander•s outlined the proposals that he feels should be included in the grant application, which include landscaping along Little Canada Road as well as in City park pr•oper~ty, flag poles and banner•s along Little Canada Road in the ar~ea of the bri~ge, a decor•ative lighting system on Little Canada Road adjacent to the brid.ge, trail connections in Spooner• Park as well as connecting Centerville Road Par~k to the apartments on LaBor•e Road and eventually to Spooner Park, play ar•ea expansion in Spooner Par•k, and electrical wor•k that is necessar•y for the City's Canadian Days Celebration. Sanders estimated the cost of the proposed improvements at $100,000. Sanders infor•med the Council that the gr•ant is a 3-to-1 matching grant with the State pr•oviding maximum gr•ants of $25,000. If the City received a$25,000 grant, it would have to come up with $75,000 in matching funds. Sander•s repor~ted that the gr•ant application deadline is this week, with the selection process to occur~ in Februar•y. The gr•ant would requir~e pr•ojects to be completed by the end of 1989 and ready for• usage in 1990. Sander•s pointed out that about ~17,000 of the impr•ovements he discussed. ar•e al r•eady budgeted for• i n the 1989 budget. LaValle asked if the gr•ant money could be used for~ impr~ovement of the Centerville Road Park. Page -2-