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LIBERTY - Members of Liberty's City Council met Saturday at the Rosewood Center to briefly review past accomplishments and to establish goals and objectives for the coming year during their annual planning retreat.
Plans for adding a water feature to Sarlin Park was among council's main focuses during the day's heavy agenda.
"Ralph Sarlin was an instrumental part of Liberty's history," Mayor Brian Deese said. "We need something that represents Ralph's love of Liberty."
According to Deese, the Sarlin family requested that council develop designs for the water feature and then pass on the cost to them.
Initial plans for the water feature include a slab of marble or granite engraved with pertinent information about Sarlin. The slab, positioned over a pool, would feature water falling across its face and collecting in the pool beneath it, Deese said.
"Ralph Sarlin was a major asset to this community and we need to reflect that in what we do," he said.
Deese said that Sarlin was proud to be a part of Liberty and would relate that pride where ever he went.
In addition, council decided that the city should more maintain the landscaping of the Sarlin Park by cleaning up the area behind the businesses bordering the park and trimming the Crape Myrtles lining the entrance.
Other goals set by council during their Vision 2008-09 planning retreat included building an additional gazebo and developing an amphitheater in the city's Freedom Park. Council also determined that a sign should be installed at the park's entrance and a memorial should be placed in the park's interior.
During the coming year, council plans to install sidewalks along Lakeview Drive, and in front of The Graphic Cow and Walker's Furniture Mattress and More on West Front Street.
TIFF money can be used toward the Lakeview Drive sidewalks, which will cost about $50 per foot to install, Deese said.
"We have the money, we just need to do it," he said.
Other goals council hopes to accomplish during the year include staining the wall behind City Hall and paving a rocked area in that vicinity, posting directional signs leading to the Liberty Police Department, developing an economic system for the City, and developing a centralized garbage pickup service.
"We hope that those who will follow us will pick up on these dreams and follow through with them," Deese said. "We hope that they will be energized by what we are doing now."
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