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City Council Meeting Minutes • December 13, 2011 Page 13 of 18 low slope roofed (less than 6:12 pitch) structures, which match the existing roof pitch. A demolition threshold would be established to require when the majority of a nonconforming roof was demolished, it be replaced with a roof, which meets the 6:12 pitch requirement established in the Old Town Overlay District. Staff determined it is best to move forward with this minor code change now, as it will provide an immediate solution to an existing problem. This change would make the roof pitch requirements easier to understand and allow additions to legal non-conforming structures to continue the existing roof pitch. Structures with roof pitches of less than 6:12 may make an addition with the same roof pitch as the rest of the structure under this new language. Also, as long as at least 80% of the total roof square footage is at the existing pitch or greater, the remaining 20% can be at any lower pitch. If more than 50% of the roof area is being removed and rebuilt, the structure must be brought into compliance with a 6:12 roof. This 50% threshold is the same as the historic preservation requirements. Sheds and other small structures are exempted from these requirements. By rewriting the requirements and moving the definition of"roof pitch," it not only allows more flexibility for legal non-conforming structures, it also makes the requirements clearer. Moving the definition maintains consistency with the structure of the Louisville Municipal Code while improving the readability of Section 17.12.050. Planning staff recommended approval of Ordinance No. 1605, Series 2011. • Mayor Muckle requested public comments and hearing none, closed the public hearing. MOTION: Councilor Keany moved to approve Ordinance No. 1605, Series 2011, seconded by Councilor Yarnell. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 5-0. Absent: Councilor Dalton. APPROVE BID AWARD TO 3M FOR LIBRARY AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM Mayor Muckle requested a Staff presentation. Library and Museum Director Barrett explained the 2011 C-I-P budget provides a total of$203,900 from the Library Construction and Capital Projects Funds to install an Automated Materials Handling (AMH) system for the Library. This automated sorter is the last component of the Library's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag/self- check/AMH system, and is important for efficient operation by Library circulation staff. The library opened in August 2006 with two of the three RFID tag/self-check/AMH system components in place. Although the Library was designed to accommodate an automatic sorter, at the time no companies were offering the capability to read both barcodes and RFID tags. III The Library's membership in the Flatirons Library Consortium (FLC) and the 41-library