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COMMUNITY PARK NEW LIBRARY UPDATE UP DATE e Library Steering Committee continues to work with Humphries The construction of the new 1 Poli Architects and Adolfson Peterson Construction to complete 1 Community Park, located at the design of the new Louisville Public Library. Construction on the Bella Vista Drive and Roosevelt library's new home is scheduled to begin by April, with the new building Avenue,is on schedule.The site will be and underground parking to be completed by the summer of 2006. turned over to the general contractor in The two-story, 31,000 square foot brick building will be the largest mid-February and construction should be complete by the fall. The theme for building in downtown Louisville. It will be located across the street from the current library, at the northwest corner of Spruce and Front Streets. the park is "a crossroads of nature, history, and community"which blends Dirt from the library excavation will be used in the construction of the together Louisville's rich small town new Community Park and the Bella Vista Drive extension, and you will see culture and heritage. It is sure to be a it being moved to that site in April and May. park that Louisville residents can take During construction, there will be continued access to all downtown pride in and enjoy for generations to businesses. Also, the show will go on this summer! The construction come! schedule has been designed to specifically accommodate the downtown The park construction project special events including the Friday Night Street Faires. includes a new connection for the Coal During construction, there will be partial street closures on Front Street Creek Trail south of the new Bella and Spruce Street in front of the site. Interim all day parking will be Vista Street Connector.After construc- tion dust settles, and the turf areas accommodated on streets adjacent to the downtown area. Specifically, become established, the park will be diagonal parking will be added on both sides of sections of Front Street ready for public use. and South Street for all day parking. For further information,please Downtown business employees are asked to use the out-lying parking contact Kathy Kron,Parks Project areas, leaving the close-in, two hour parking available for customers and Manager, at 303.335.4736. patrons of downtown businesses. We appreciate your patience and understanding for any inconvenience OFF LEASH AREA that arises as the new library is being built. Please watch for information so that you can join us for the groundbreaking ceremony, to be scheduled for TEMPORARILY CLOSED early April! Tn 2003,the site that is to be the If you have any questions, please contact Julie Boyd at 303.335.4531. ew community park was designated as an interim dog off-leash HIGHWAY 42/96TH STREET CONNECTION area until construc- tion on the commu- U P DATE nity park begins.In February,the site will e South 96th Street/State Highway 42 By-Pass Project is now over be turned over to the 775% complete. The bridges over Coal Creek and the Burlington general contractor Northern Santa Fe Railroad are nearly finished with for the park project the exception of railing installation and paving. In `r and it will be closed addition, most of the roadway work is also nearing i' to all public access completion with the exception of the final top layer . '' or", during construction. of pavement. The dog off-leash area at the The road is scheduled to be completed and open in Davidson Mesa Open Space is an the spring of this year. In addition, the Coal Creek Trail is expected to be alternative location where you may let reopened later this winter. your dog run off-leash. Please remem- ber that dogs are required to be on a We appreciate your patience during this project. If you have any leash in all other areas within the city questions, please contact the Public Works Department at 303.335.4608. February/March 2005