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CONSTRUCTION UPDATES Multiple large construction 1 C east of the railroad tracks between Griffith Street and projects are scheduled Ai South Street.Work includes street, stormwater, and wa- for the downtown area in the next 4. terline construction to facilitate this new neighborhood. few months.We ask you for your This will impact the area for the remainder of this year. understanding during construction GAS.r c:)1.1.? and remind everyone to exercise Street Resurfacing caution when driving, biking, or walking through a Multiple streets in town will be resurfaced this sum construction zone. mer including McCaslin Boulevard from Via Appia to South Boulder Road; 88th Street between Dillon Road Lafayette-Louisville Flood Plain Improvements and Tape Drive; and both Lafarge and Jefferson Avenues This project includes the installation of storm water from Lafayette Street to South Street. Concrete work will infrastructure in areas of downtown and east of High- happen prior to street work in these areas. way 42 to remove a portion of downtown from the floodplain. Construction will affect traffic and residents Other Construction Work on Spruce Street from Highway 42 to Main Street and Water main and sewer main replacements will occur Front Street between Pine Street and South Street. Con- in late summer in a variety of areas of Old Town.Water - Front lines will be replaced on Grant Avenue from Caledonia truction is underway and scheduled for completion in September. Street to South Street, on Jefferson Avenue from Short Street to South Street, and on Grant Avenue from Pine South Street Railroad Bridge Street to Hutchinson Street. In anticipation of construction of the South Street Sanitary sewer main replacement will occur in the Gateway Underpass later in 2016, Burlington Northern alley between Jefferson Avenue and Grant Avenue and will be installing a railroad bridge at South Street be- between Griffith Street and Lafayette Street, and in the ginning in mid-May. H2 Development Services began alley between Main Street and Lafarge Street between waterline replacement on Front Street between Walnut Lafayette Street and Walnut Street. Street and South Street in early May.Waterline replace- ment will also include replacement of the water main on If you have questions about these projects, please South Street between Main Street and Front Street. contact the Public Works Department at 303.335.4608 or PWorks @LouisvilleCO.gov or check the Construc- Redevelopment East of the Railroad Tracks tion Update page on the City's web site. The DELO and DELO Plaza projects are underway MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Continued from page 1 To provide some perspective, a property tax mill direct sales tax rate would be lower than Boulder's and levy for debt service on bonds to finance this proposed Broomfield's rates and still very competitive with other capital expansion would amount to an annual increase neighboring municipalities. in property tax of roughly$117 to $140 on a$500,000 This expansion of Louisville's recreation and senior residence.An additional sales tax for operations and services would be a major investment by today's citizens maintenance would amount to approximately 20 cents in the physical and intellectual health of current and fu- on every $100 spent, or should property tax be consid- ture residents. It brings to my mind President Kennedy's ered, the tax would be about an additional $51 annually historic call to the nation. While I am no Jack Kennedy, on a $500,000 residence. If voters approve these pos- I think his call is still—or perhaps more—relevant today. sible tax increases, Louisville's direct property tax would Will we answer? I think we should. still be lower than all surrounding cities and Louisville's -Bob June 2016 2