Revitalization Commission Agenda and Packet 2019 07 15

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Revitalization Commission Minutes June 10, 2019 Page 3 of 5 district has been under pressure to join consortium. They don't want Louisville tax dollars subsidizing other districts. • Draft UR Assistance Criteria Goal today is to see if LRC agrees that this criteria is useful for analysis. City Manager Balser asked the LRC to review the criteria. LRC and Council do not have to have the same criteria. Staff does not need direction but will communicate what Council decides on Tuesday at council meeting. Once formalized, the applicant could see if their project fits. Both LRC and Council have to approve an agreement. Commissioner Adler said based on the previous meeting, one of her takeaways was Council wants historic preservation as part of project. Economic Development Director DeJong went through changes to the draft, adding an objective count: the applicant has to meet a minimum of 3 criteria. "Proposed projects must address at least 3 of the objectives outlined in the Plan." Commissioner Dalton said Council not united, we need to provide to them a simple set of criteria to meet their needs. We want to provide assurance to applicants that they need to meet these criteria. Renewal means to do something different. He thinks the historic preservation item is conflicting. This needs to be discussed with Council in a constructive way. Commissioner Adler asked how we define negative impacts on #7. DeJong said it is not as objective as it could be. Commissioner Tofte said "does not cause" is a hard phrase. Commissioner Dalton thinks #7 should be stricken. Planning and Building Safety Director Zuccaro said there are not historic preservation specific review criteria for a Planned Unit Development. The Downtown Design Guidelines use terms such as "traditional" material, scale, etc. It is not necessarily about the goals of the historic preservation plan but the goals of preservation of downtown character. Commissioner Bradfield said #7 is overly broad. "Broadly consistent with goals of historic preservation plan." Would it make sense to incorporate the word "traditional"? There are also downtown design guidelines. 4