Annual Report 1986, City of Louisville

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT , , was begun with the Planning Commission.This is the first com- plete update of the plan since 1983 and is primarily designed to project the City's growth beyond the 1990's to the year 2010. •The department also undertook the initial organization t. of a series of Futures Conferences. These conferences were designed to bring together interested citizens from throughout 4 the community to address common concerns.The program is designed to continue and to address short, medium and long �- range issues of the community in the areas of economic development and quality of life. • The City continued its joint participation with the ' Chamber of Commerce to promote economic development. :t 1 An important outgrowth of this process was a business catalyst project initiated near the end of 1986 which will likely result in a business "incubator" facility in Louisville. BUILDING DIVISION: The Department of Community Development was Residential growth increased somewhat over 1985. There exceptionally busy during 1986. The City Council's goal of were 185 building permits issued in 1986 versus 136 in 1985. improving the City's economic and commercial base was of The rate of growth, however, was below the 225 projected prime concern during the year. This concern is reflected in units reflecting the "softness" of the metropolitan housing the activities undertaken by the department: market. For.each new home the building division conducted •The City annexed and commercially zoned the 117 acre thirteen separate inspections at various stages of construction. Biella-Menkick property, near the Louisville-Superior inter- In addition the Building Division conducted approximately change. The action placed the City in a strong position to 2500 inspections for home remodeling and installation of capitalize on future commercial growth and to control the land fences, decks, patios and lawn sprinkler systems. uses around this important entrance to the City. Compliance with various building codes and zoning regula- • The City also annexed 72 acres near StorageTek thus lions is also ensured by the Building Division enabling the Adventist Health Systems to develop a phased ` " s ;' health care park on the site. The first tenant planned in the s t 1 . park is the Boulder Psychiatric Institute which will occupy '� ' _ ' + about 6 acres. • A second commerical growth oriented move was the i a S "' t• rezoning of 57 acres of land at the high volume traffic corner t ,' of South Boulder Road and State Highway 42 in northeast ,, ;s.. i,, Louisville. Equally important were the Department's activities to en- , sure the viability of the current downtown area. A low cost a loan program was developed through the federal Community ` I a? x/ <_ Development Block Grant program to generate money for corn- x mercial and business improvements in the downtown areas of 4. , Louisville and Lafayette. The Louisville portion of this pro- gram has been very successful in accomplishing the City Coun- cil's goal of assisting merchants to improve downtown Louisville. During the year, four loans were made totaling $72,000. This seed money generated$129,000 of owner in- vestment to improve their own properties. 14 Other initiatives undertaken during the year included: Of Otli 911 , •An extensive review of the City's comprehensive plan 4