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HIGHWAY 42 FIREARM SAFETY KITS AVAILABLE REVITALIZATION AREA The Police Department has free firearm safety he goals of the Highway 42 Revitalization project, kits for Louisville residents. Project ChildSafe, I just to the east of downtown and Old Town Louis- a nationwide firearms safety education program, has vine, are as follows: provided approximately one thousand Strengthen and enhance adjacent residential neighbor- gun lock safety kits to the Police hoods. Department. Each kit includes a Complement and integrate the area with historic down keyed, cable-style gun lock and a safety town Louisville. Capture the potential for high quality/mixed use develop- curriculum. The locks fit on most types ment. of handguns, rifles, and shotguns.You Prepare a plan that recognizes the access and support may pick up a lock at the front desk of parking required for a potential commuter rail station the Police Department, 992 West Via within the revitalization area. Appia, any Monday through Friday, The plan for the area is to redevelop over time as a mixed between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The locks use, transit oriented neighborhood that is an extension of will be available until the supply runs out. downtown and includes a proposed commuter rail station, Project ChildSafe is distributing gun lock safety kits medium to high density residential projects, and a mix of in all 50 states and the five US territories. The program shopping, restaurants, offices, etc.To that end, the following is funded by a US Department of Justice grant, with efforts are underway: additional funding provided by various members of Mixed Use Zoning District and Design Guidelines have been prepared and are currently under review.A draft is avail- the firearm industry The gun locks provide an effective able on the City's website.We welcome the public's input on barrier against young children accessing a firearm in the these guidelines. home. They are not intended to withstand a determined FasTracks is a Regional Transit District(RTD) sponsored effort to defeat the lock using tools. sales tax measure which includes funding for commuter rail If you have any questions regarding the locks or the from Denver to Boulder through Louisville and includes a program, please contact Commander Bill Kingston at station in downtown. 303.335.4651. US 36 Environmental Impact Statement(EIS):The Colorado Department of Transportation and RTD are jointly studying options for improving transportation in the US 36 ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION Corridor.The City continues to monitor and offer input on this issue. If you are interested in obtaining more information, Saturday, June 18 please visit the US36 EIS Website at www.us36eis.com or at 10:00 AM - Noon 1.800.367.9260. A Brownfields Assessment Grant in the amount of oin the Horticultural and Forestry Advisory $200,000 is being used to begin work on Phase I Environ- ,Board and the Department of Land Man- mental Site Assessment for the area. Preliminary findings agement as we celebrate trees will be presented at a public workshop in late spring and if and the arboretum. 1 needed, Phase II environmental testing will begin during the There will a dedications for summer. the xeric demonstration gar- The Louisville Revitalization Commission has completed •_�■_ ?� den as well as the arboretum a Conditions Survey(Blight Study) of the area which is avail bridge. We will have a tree able on the City's website.The Study is the first step in estab- planting and provide informa- lishing the area as an Urban Renewal District,which would tion on the Arboretum Master make available tax increment financing tools as one mecha- Plan. Refreshments will be nism for facilitating redevelopment in the area.The Study will served. be forwarded for City Council consideration at a later date. For more information, please call the Land Detailed project information is available on the City's Management Department at 303.335.4735. website at www.ci.louisville.co.us or you may contact Ken Johnstone at 303.335.4591 if you have questions. June/July 2005 8