Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2012 05 07

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Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes April 2, 2012 Page 3 of 4 • Louisville Plaza — possible lease for the Big Lots vacant building. There are 2 potential users vying for the space. • Vacant Blockbuster space — possible franchise user interested • BAP activity — lots of activity, Quantum, Pearl Izumi, Wildwood, brewers, kitchen incubator, Etkin Johnson for future building at CTC and Global Imaging • Cactus Wheel — the business was sold to an experienced restaurateur who is planning to open a family - friendly Mexican restaurant. The new owner of the business is planning some upgrades for the building • Centennial Valley Merchants Association — group going strong and planning for their 4th of July event. • Spicy Pickle closed — a couple of people are interested in the space. • Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System — announcement they are moving to Broomfield. New jobs in Broomfield may translate into real estate purchases in Louisville. Comments: • Chris Pritchard - Old KFC building is not looking very nice. • Michael Menaker - What legal tools does the City of Louisville have to change covenants of the Sam's property? Bonnie indicated the City is working on anything they can do to help this along. • Sue Loo — Now what happens that the Planning Commission has denied the Safeway development, does the developer have to go back to the Planning Commission? Troy Russ, Planning Director, said it will be going to Council and not back to Planning Commission. The Council will have the option to Approve /Approve with Conditions, Deny or Remand it to Planning Commission. • Troy Russ - Discussion of Land Use Public Notice Process is tentatively scheduled for the July 10th Study Session. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS • Dana Alford - Centennial Valley Merchants Association: The merchants in the Centennial Valley suffer from identity issues. Is it better to identify this area as Centennial Valley or tie it to McCaslin Boulevard since most people know where McCaslin is located. Depending on what is decided, name of this group may change. Still looking for a location to hold the July 4th event. City Manager Fleming said there is a meeting of the Interchange Committee with Louisville and Superior scheduled on Tuesday, April 3rd. This committee formed as a result of an IGA. Tomorrow's meeting is to review the different options on how to address traffic and also to look at the latest results from the traffic study. • Rob Lathrop — From retention visits last year at CTC, there were two main issues that came out of the meetings and that was to 1) lack of options for lunch, and 2) connectivity to the rest of Louisville. The connectivity issue has been addressed with the new trail connection to the Coal Creek trail from CTC. The project is soon to go out for bid with plans to complete this summer. • Bonnie asked for an update on food trucks and Planning Director Russ said food trucks are allowed on private property only with an approved SRU. Food trucks not allowed in the right -of- way. • Chris Pritchard — the downtown patios will be up the first week of May. Street Faire starts on June 15. An extra night for the Street Faire of July 6th will be added and the plan for this night is to bring a musical group that is expected to draw approximately 10,000 people. DBA working on parking issues and is hoping to use the school parking lots, however, have not heard back from Boulder Valley Schools. Also, looking into the possibility of running pedi -cabs. Chris asked for volunteers for the Friday Night Street Faire.