City Council Study Session Summary 2017 05 09

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City Council Study Session Summary May 9, 2017 Page 2 of 5 They have talked about starting a "Friends of the Police Department." It is in the preliminary phase and they will work with Chief Hayes. Discussion — Setting a New Amount for the Parking Improvement fee for Downtown Louisville Economic Development Director Aaron DeJong said projects downtown are required to provide 2 parking spaces/1000 sq feet or, if approved projects are allowed to pay fee rather than provide parking. The fee is $3600 and has been this amount since 2002. DeJong reviewed the presentation included in the packet. BRaD was supportive of raising the fee, but had concerns as to how much to raise it. John Leary raised a point of order saying study sessions cannot be used to make decisions. There were questions and discussion of the presentation. How do we measure the impact of parking? How do we quantify the discussion and form policy? Basic way is to define a level of service — how much parking do we need for the level of service? How far away do people have to park? What is the parking turnover? What are the impacts to surrounding neighborhood? Council struggles with using CPI — would like other indicators. There is a construction cost index that can be looked into. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton feels a pricing increase is long overdue. Planning Commission many years ago set the fee at $10,000 per space and Council reduced it to $3,600. Council member Stolzmann said when this comes forward again, more thought should be put into answering what the point of a fee is. Why are we charging a fee? John Leary said historic preservation and character of downtown is not incorporated in the presentation. Character will change if we give incentives to develop downtown. Mayor Muckle agrees with Council member Stolzmann and also agrees with Mayor Pro Tem Lipton that the fee needs to be increased. Discussion — Police Department Master Plan Including Compensation and Benefits Chief of Police Dave Hayes said the Master Plan has been updated. He asked if council had any questions. Chief Hayes said the department is nearly fully staffed and does not need additional help for accreditation. They will make sure policies are out and posted for 10 days.