Revitalization Commission Agenda and Packet 2012 03 12

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Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes February 6, 2012 Page 2 of 3 PUBLIC COMMMENTS – Mike Kranzdorf reminded all of the flood zone issue. Malcolm Fleming updated that some of the design work is part of the 2012 budget. Bonnie Star will add the discussion to the April Meeting Agenda and will send Mike Kranzdorf email updates. Michael Menaker brought up the downtown parking dilemma for further discussion. REPORTS OF COMMISSION – Menaker briefly mentioned the upcoming Safeway hearing. BUSINESS MASTERS OF COMMUNICATION– Re-setting date of November 12, 2012 LRC meeting conflicting with Veteran’s Day 1. Conflict with proposed date of Tuesday, November 13, 2012. The discussion was tabled to a later meeting. Discussion on appointment process to replace Emily Jasiak 2. Alex Gorsevski, a candidate pulled from prior applications, shared with the board and the decision to appointment a new member will be held during the March 6 Council meeting. Election of Authority Sectary 3. The item was tabled to the March meeting when a full commission is established. Gateway 42 Project 4. Gavin McMillan provided information on the SWOT Summary analysis. He said the meeting with the property owners was positive and the group was pleased to see the design documents. Carlos Hernandez said he was happy to see the analysis on Mobility on page 4. He later requested a mobility benchmark be set to analyze the mobility needs. The discussion on the term “Gateway” was brought up and Malcolm Fleming said many residents didn’t know the definition of the word. It was suggested by council that “underpass” should be written in parenthesis after Gateway for clarification purposes. McMillan said the next public meeting will be in April and at this time CDOT, RTD and the City of Louisville all agree on the purpose/need of the project. McMillan will email out an alternative analysis timeline to the board. Bonnie Star brought up the concern as to the CDOT’s definition of access. McMillan said the subject was broached in the property owner’s meeting as well. Hernandez asked if the FastTracks alternatives could affect the project and McMillan said as of now there would be no issue that would conflict with the project. McMillan clarified that the board is part of the review cycle and project concepts will be shown soon. Citizen Survey Questions 5. Bonnie Star discussed the upcoming Citizen Survey and requested any suggestions or feedback based on the questions from the 2008 survey. Suggestions were given.