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WELCOME NEW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Novem5 was election night. Louisville voters en Emily Jasiak, Ward 1 `' ~ ber dorsed Emily Jasiak in Ward 1,Jeff Lipton in Ward Emily)@LouisvilleCO.gov ' 2 and Ashley Stolzmann in Ward 3 to represent their interests 303.550.6070 ` for the next few years. Emily,Ashley and Jeff are extremely � / talented people who will be major assets to the City Council and they will represent the interests of Louisville residents 9" with aplomb. Jeff Lipton, Ward 2 .'�' , I want to personally congratulate Ashley and Jeff on their Lipton @LouisvilleCO.gov '�`� election, but equally importantly I want to thank Debbie Fa 303.665.9776 hey and Karen Brown for their willingness to put themselves Ilit . forward as candidates for City Council. Running for elected office in a small town is outside most people's comfort zone, and I have the utmost respect for anyone willing to commit Ashley Stolzmann, Ward 3 a themselves to this endeavor.We are very fortunate to have so AshleyS @LouisvilleCO.gov many people ready and willing to sacrifice their time to serve 303.570.9614 lib—- our community. -Bob MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Continued from page 1 general fund budget of around$13 million.The city staff has mobility along Highway 42 along with many other smaller been hard at work identifying sources of funding for necessary projects.We are also in the midst of rehabilitating the historic repairs.We anticipate that the City's insurance along with the Louisville Grain Elevator.While the Elevator and trails work insurance on parts of the golf course carried by Western Golf are funded from dedicated voter approved funds, they are still Properties will pay for damage to city buildings and hardscape large scale projects requiring significant staff time to com- at the golf course. It appears that FEMA and the Federal plete. Some of these projects represent necessary upgrades, Highway Administration will reimburse between 75%and but many of them are priorities that have been expressed to us 80%of the costs of bridge, trail,water infrastructure and golf by our residents.As just one example, it will be exciting to see course reconstruction.These Federal Agency contributions to trail connections that in a few years will allow you to go from reconstruction costs after the flood are critical, but as I write most anywhere in Louisville to Boulder or Eldorado Canyon this, the final cost of the flood reconstruction to Louisville on trails without crossing any major roads. citizens remains uncertain. I know many residents are concerned about the overall I want to commend City Manager Malcolm Fleming and costs of the capital improvements planned over the next few all other staff for their juggling of the budget to address these years in Louisville and I share these concerns.This concern is flood damages. It's a particularly difficult time to be deal- compounded by the uncertainty of flood reconstruction costs. ing with an unanticipated catastrophe, as the City is in the Some projects may need to be delayed or scaled back. I want middle of, or committed to, a number of major capital con- to assure the residents of Louisville that the City Council you struction projects. Chief amongst these is the rebuilding of have elected will keep a close eye on the budget as reconstruc- the McCaslin bridge over the Boulder-Denver Turnpike.We tion costs become more clear to ensure that, in the end,we were not anticipating this roughly$3 million project at this will repair all the flood damage to a state better than before time, but the opportunity to rebuild the bridge at the same the floods and do it within the funds available to us.When time the Turnpike is being rebuilt will save taxpayers over a we're done however,we hope to have a golf course that is bet- million dollars compared to reconstructing the bridge at a ter than it was before and a new, improved bridge on County future date.We are also beginning the process of replacing the Road with room for bike lanes.We will strive to find the op- waste water treatment plant to meet current and upcoming portunity in every difficulty. EPA standards, continuing major road maintenance, improv- -Bob ing open space trail connectivity and working to improve Winter 2013 2