City Council Study Session Summary 2008 04 22

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City Council Study Session Summary April 22, 2008 Page 4 of 5 Councilor Muckle thought that this was not the time to ask this question. Assistant City Manager Balser suggested that the question be made more general to say alternative energy, such as solar, wind turbine, etc. Council agreed that this might be a better approach to the question. Council Muckle indicated that he was not clear about question 17. He didn't understand the question in regards to residential neighborhoods, ability to work and live in Louisville, and convenience/close to retail/shopping and how they related to funding and staff time. Ms. Urban said that it would give the City an indication of relative importance compared to the other listings and could be used to give Council guidance on what citizens thought was important. Ms. Urban also suggested that another approach would be to change the introduction to the question and leave off the funding and staff time. Councilor Muckle said that along with question 21 he would like to see a historical preservation tax question added to the survey. City Manager Fleming noted that we could change questions but if we add any questions we would also need to eliminate others in order to stay within the 5 page limit. Several Council members thought that the timing for a historical preservation tax question was more appropriate than the use tax question. Mayor Sisk and Mayor Pro Tem Marsella voiced opposition to the household income question. Based on the discussion staff said they would bring back a revised survey to the Council's May 6th regular meeting and would adjust the timeline for completing the survey accordingly. 4. UpdatelDiscussion - RVI Trailer Draft Ordinance Mayor Sisk stated that this item would be for an update not for discussion in part because the Planning Commission had continued this to their next meeting. Planning Director Paul Wood gave a brief history of the ordinance. Director Wood said that there were basically four sections added as outlined in the Council Communication. He said that first section addressed motor vehicles; the second section addressed recreational vehicles which could include RVs, trailers, boats, etc.; the third section addressed parking recreational vehicles on city owned right-of-ways for the purpose of living, sleeping, etc. for up to 5 nights and the last section addresses temporary uses, such as dumpsters, storage PODS, etc. Director Wood said that part of the consideration was to make the ordinance enforceable by the police. At the recommendation of the Police Department the