City Council Study Session Summary 2012 03 13

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City Council Study Session Summary March 13, 2012 Page 6of 7 for the Louisville FasTracks Station area and the Highway 42 corridor. This project has two components: Design of a South Street connection between downtown Louisville and the Revitalization District across the Burlington Northern Santa Fe right-of- way. Acontext sensitive and multimodal corridor design and implementation plan for Highway 42 from Lock Street to the northern City limits of Paschal Drive. City contracted with Atkins North Americato complete the study. The consultant hasmet withthe variousstakeholders and conducted Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities (SWOT) workshops. The coordination team then completed a draft purpose and need statement,project goals and evaluation th criteria. A meeting of project partners is scheduled for April 18to meet and adopt the Purpose and Need Statement, project goals and evaluation criteria. Discussion of the project resulted in the followingremarks: Planning Director Russ said the design for the intersections on Highway 42 at Pine and Paschal will show alternativessuch as a roundabout. Councilmember Loo asked if CDOT hasa concern about speed.Staff responded that CDOT will weigh-in duringthe design phase on traffic volume Will the project team coordinate with Xcelonthe placement of thenatural gas pipeline so that during construction it can be avoided; possibly placing the pipeline in the right-of-way under a soft surface area rather than in the roadway. Councilmember Keany asked if Xcel couldunderground the linesalong Highway 42?Are there funds available that can be used for undergounding? Planning Director Russ said during the design phase a survey will be completed showing where everything is located so the specifics of placement can be decided. Councilmember Jasiak wants a safe crossing on Highway 42—the sooner the better, and then when funds are available to improve upon the crossing. City Manager’s Report Invited City Council to attend the community meet and greet at 7:30 a.m. th on Wednesday, March 14, to meet candidatesfor the position of Economic Development Director. Seven great candidates will be interviewed. Screened applications for the position of CIP Manager. Sixty-three applications were received and staff has identified six candidates to come in for interviews, and two of the six candidates are out-of-state so interviews for out-of-state candidates will be conducted by phone.