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RECENT CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN e following is a list of action items that the City Council has UPDATE 1 taken since the last edition of the Community Update. F arlier this year,the City Council initiated a • Granted a Special Review Use for the Centennial Pavilion Lofts, iproject to complete a thorough update to a 66-unit residential condominium project to be built in the the City's Comprehensive Plan(Plan).The Plan is a Centennial Pavilion Subdivision off of McCaslin Boulevard. policy document that guides land use, • Granted a Special Review Use for the new Community Park to transportation,open space,and public facility be located at the East end of Bella Vista Drive between master planning for the community. It was last Roosevelt Avenue and County Road. updated in 1989.The City has certainly undergone • Awarded a bid to Gateway, Inc. for the purchase of new and significant change in the intervening 15 years.The replacement computers for the City. Planning Department is overseeing the project, • Approved the purchase of water shares in the South Boulder& and the urban planning consulting firm of EDAW Coal Creek Ditch Company and the South Boulder and Coal has been hired to assist. Creek 1"Extension Ditch Company. There will be several opportunities for • Awarded the design contract for the new Community Park to community input in the process and we strongly Design Concepts. encourage you to get involved and have a hand in • Approved an agreement with EcoCycle for Recycling and shaping the future vision of your community. Resource Conservation Services for the Glen Huey Recycling Other topics that will be covered in the Plan Center at the corner of Highway 42 and Pine Street. include housing,economic development, • Awarded the contract for Recreation/Senior Center community character and urban design,public improvements of the customer service area to Peter B. utilities,and public facilities.The first phase of the Isherwood construction. project is underway,which includes an assessment • Approved Ordinance No. 1450, Series 2004 establishing a of exiting conditions in the City.A housing temporary moratorium on the processing of new residential inventory,market study,and transportation development applications and creating certain exemptions. assessment will also be completed in this initial • Approved Ordinance No. 1451, Series 2004 prohibiting the phase. parking of unregistered vehicles on public streets and Public input is critical at the start of the project establishing penalties therefore. to provide a sense of the community's vision for • Approved a contract with ECI Site Construction Management the future.The Planning Department and EDAW for the construction of the new skateboard park to be located conducted a series of "stakeholder interviews" in between the new police building and the inline skate rink. May, where over 100 members of the community shared their thoughts and ideas for the future. On WORK CONTINUES ON A HISTORIC the evening of June 30, a public workshop was PRESERVATION ORDINANCE held at the Louisville Recreation Center,with nearly 60 community members attending and e City Council is currently considering a Historic Preserva- giving input. tion Ordinance.The ordinance,drafted by the Historic Additional public workshops will be held to Preservation Commission, contains provisions for a preservation gather comments from the community. We expect program in Louisville,including: the next workshop to be held in September. Look • A local landmarking program whereby sites and buildings for notices for this meeting at City Hall,the may be designated as locally significant historic landmarks; Recreation Center,the Library,and on the City's • Incentives for retaining the historic character of a site or website. The project is scheduled for completion structure and adaptive reuse of historic buildings; in the first half of 2005. • Design/renovation guidelines for historic landmarks; If you would like to know more, please visit • A demolition ordinance allowing the Preservation Commis- the City's website at www.ci.louisville.co.us and sion to review demolition or relocation permits for build- click on the blue Comprehensive Plan logo on the ings that are more than 50 years old. front page. If you have any comments or For more information about the Preservation Commission or questions,you may email us at the proposed ordinance,please contact Meredyth Muth at complan @ci.louisville.co.us or call the Planning 303.335.4536 or muthm @ci.louisville.co.us. Department at 303.335.4592. August/September 2004 3