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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Continued from page 1 line to Louisville. We are working hard with RTD to make sure we get the rail service we were promised in the 2004 Fastracks vote. On a positive transportation note, the Colorado De- partment of Transportation is building bus express and carpool lanes on Highway 36 from Pecos to 88th Street in Louisville, to be completed by close of 2014. We are working with our regional partners to locate funding for completing these bus lanes to Boulder in the same time frame. Finally, your City Council and I will continue to work hard to maintain our small town character, strive for excellence and transparency in government at all times, preserve our historic resources, enhance our ser- vices, and support new and existing businesses to help grow our local economy. This is the government, you the people, deserve. WHERE'S THE PARKING? The City is currently working on a Wayfinding Sign program for Downtown. Wayfinding is defined as "a comprehensive signage system in a stan- dardized format that clearly communicates the location of parking and various destinations to all types of travelers — auto, bicycle, and pedestrian." City staff met with Downtown stakeholders about the signs earlier this year and received positive feedback. The new program will include a specific sign design to direct vehicular traffic to the existing public parking lots at the Historical Mu- seum, next to and under the Library, at the Steinbaugh Pavilion, behind City Hall, and on Pine Street. We hope better signage will help visitors to Downtown find the parking they may have not previously known was avail- able. Sign fabrication and installation is expected in the next few months. Look for the new signs to start pop- ping up in Downtown later this summer. ENVISION Louisville The City is in the process of updating the Louis- ville Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a tool that integrates and aligns governing regula- tions, infrastructure, and services with community val- ues, needs, and civic priorities. The Comprehensive Plan provides everyone a voice in envisioning and guiding the City's evolution. Specifically, the Comprehensive Plan: • Illustrates a community -based vision. • Sets the policy framework (goals /objectives) for future land use. • Outlines the implementation and ongoing monitoring of the vision. The intent of this update is to build upon and strengthen the vision established in 2005, and updated in 2009. Updating the Comprehensive Plan is a signifi- cant joint effort of the community, City staff, the Plan- ning Commission, and the City Council. Steps in the process are: • Initial Community Outreach • Existing Conditions Assessment • Community Visioning and Plan Update • Community Feedback • Documentation and Adoption The update will reaffirm and realign existing policies with new policies to address current and future issues. This will allow the community to better visualize, com- municate, and implement the City's long -term vision. The drafting of the update includes significant community outreach, including an interactive com- munity dialog web -site wwwEnvisionLouisvilleCO. com. The site is specifically designed to facilitate on- line conversations regarding the many aspects of the Comprehensive Plan. Check-out the site, register, and participate in the conversations. It is expected to take nine months to draft the 2012 update and an additional one to two months for the update to have public hearings before both the Planning Commission and the City Council. All of this should be complete by year -end. For more information on the update and how to give input, please contact the Planning Division at 303.335.4592. Visit www.EnvisionLouisvilleCO.com now to join the conversation. May 2012