City commissioners on Wednesday will discuss a revised version of a voter referendum on funding the war on terror, debate the expansion of Centennial Park and hear a report on a 27-year-old subdivision on the northern slopes of Mount Helena.

A draft report from Downtown Visioning Partnership is also on the meeting’s agenda, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday in City-County Building Room 326.

A previous version of a war referendum, proposed by a Helena man, asked voters to approve the non-binding measure to fund U.S. troops in war until victory is achieved.

The new version in part asks citizens to urge Congress “to fund our military forces totally and without conditions in the global war on terror … to overcome the forces dedicated to our destruction anywhere in the world.”

Commissioners voted last month to place a referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot calling for the immediate, orderly and safe withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The measure also is a non-binding statement.

The City-County Parks Board is asking commissioners to consider a $4.8 million expansion of Centennial Park to include a four-field softball complex, multipurpose fields and two miles of trails — connecting the park to the Spring Meadow Lake Trail, Memorial Park, the Great Northern Town Center area, and Carroll College.

The plan also includes the expansion of the skateboard park, a free-ride park for bicyclists, the bouldering/climbing wall, shelters, small playgrounds, a dog park and other improvements.

The Helena Brewers have asked for $1.6 million in improvements to Kindrick-Legion Field, including new lights, renovations to the infield and outfield, improved seating, expanded restrooms and more.

Commissioners also will learn about plans to renovate the Memorial Park pool at a cost of $1.4 million. If the proposed addition of water-park features is included, the price tag rises to $2.6 million.

City Manager Tim Burton said the most likely source for funding the proposals is a general obligation bond. Commissioners have not yet discussed the plans or funding.

Burton said he’ll answer commissioners’ questions about the Reber Planned Unit Development, a 113-structure subdivision on the slopes of Mount Helena, located south of Le Grande Cannon Boulevard, which was approved by the commission in 1980.

Last week the commission, on a split 3-2 vote, decided to delay authorizing an agreement with the developer to install a 500,000-gallon water tank.

Some commissioners wanted to know what standards developer Marc Parriman will adhere to when he moves forward with the development. They also wanted to know the details of any improvements to Le Grande Cannon, and learn about the possibility of forming a special improvement district to pay for the water tank.

Burton on Tuesday said the developer will build internal roads and infrastructure to city standards. The scale of improvements to Le Grande Cannon will be discussed in the future, he said, and while an SID is possible, Burton doesn’t think it’s probable.