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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Continued from page 1 The City is currently working under an 18-month exten- sion of a seven-year Cable Franchise Agreement with Comcast neighborhoods. We anticipate the Coal Creek Trail to be Cable. The agreement was signed in 2006 and is set to expire reopened by the end of the summer and the golf course October 11, 2014. open by spring of 2015. After receiving feedback from the public through various By now you will have heard that Councilwoman means, including a survey, direct input via phone and email, Emily Jasiak has resigned from the City Council and and two public open houses, the negotiation team is now in the Council will have begun the process of appointing the process of finalizing the initial terms we will propose to her replacement. I want to thank Emily for her service Comcast. The City continues to gather public input on the proposed franchise,which covers only cable services and not on the Council and her hard work in representing the citizens of Ward 1. broadband or phone. The City's web site (www.LouisvilleCO. Also I want to officially welcome our new chief of gov) has a great deal of information about the franchise pro- cess and what can and cannot be addressed in a franchise. police Dave Hayes. After more than 20 years as police Some of the issues the City's negotiating team hopes to chief in Louisville, Bruce Goodman has retired and is address in a new franchise include: going fishing. Chief Hayes joins us from Boulder where ► a customer service center in Louisville; he was the Deputy Chief of Police for operations. He is ► improved and more detailed reporting by Comcast, a 26-year resident of Louisville so he knows our commu- more clearly defining what qualifies as a breach of the nity well. franchise and the Customer Service Standards; Louisville citizens consistently rank open space ■ and revisions to the Customer Service Standards to amongst the most important things contributing to our better suit Louisville customers. quality of life. It's not often that the opportunity to ac- In addition, the City is exploring whether or not to ask for another determination of"effective competition" from the quire land in the middle of our community comes along. Federal Communications Commission. For years. citizens have lobbied the City Council to ac If you have comments or questions about the franchise quire the former First Baptist Church property on South process, please contact Meredyth Muth (303.335.4536 or Boulder Road adjacent to Cottonwood Park. Recently MeredythM@LouisvilleCO.gov). the opportunity to buy this property came up and the City's offer was accepted. This purchase will expand Cot SOUTH BOULDER ROAD PLANNING tonwood Park, formalize a trail connection, and protect the pocket riparian area. I hope we will continue to see The South Boulder Road Small Area Plan gets underway songbirds nesting and raptors perching on this land for this spring and summer.A kick-off meeting will be held in years to come.Just a small piece of western beauty. May, along with interviews with stakeholders and other inter- -Bob ested parties to define the goals for the project and the vision for the area. This plan will set development regulations for the South Boulder Road and Highway 42 area, including allowed - a - land uses and building forms, and will identify infrastructure improvements and areas for public spaces like parks and pla- zas.) T zas. "Ihe plan will take approximately six months to complete ,_,B,...R C�(�� `it ® and will include extensive public involvement from residents, Aig_// • ev • '� property owners, and business owners. Multiple public meet- ings. ��/' will be held before the plans are considered by the Plan- OO'iJi VILLE, ping Commission and City Council. The McCaslin Boule-S� vard Small Area Plan will begin a few months later. a Great City Stay tuned to the City's Envision Louisville website (www. Keep l y reat EnvisionLouisvilleCO.com) to monitor the progress of the plans and to provide your input on what items should be included.You may also contact the Planning Department at 303.335.4592 or Planning @LouisvilleCO.gov if you have any questions or would like to get involved. Spring 2014 2