City Council Study Session Summary 2020 02 28 JT

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Louisville City Council / Superior Board of Trustees Joint Study Session Summary February 28, 2020 Page 2 of 3 Mayor Stolzmann welcomed everyone. Discussion Item: Rocky Mountain Regional Airport Update: Louisville Deputy City Manager Megan Davis worked with Superior Town Manager Magley. Both Superior and Louisville have continued the contract with ABCx2. ABCx2 is tasked with working with the Town/City and RMMA to advance potential outcomes. They continue to meet with RMMA. Louisville appointed two Council members to a workgroup. The consultants will be in town on April 6 and April 7 for RMMA workshop. Superior is interested in appointing Trustees to a group. Concurrently, the municipalities have been talking to RMMA about the possibility of a roundtable in order to provide opportunity for neighboring communities to voice concerns. Jefferson County has said they will participate. Town Manager Magley said the Jefferson County Manager is interested in setting up a roundtable. Mayor Folsom and Mayor Stolzmann plan to talk with FAA in Washington DC about airport issues during their visit in March. Mayor Folsom appreciates the partnership on the airport issue. He believes the municipalities are getting the attention of the FAA and making progress. Mayor Pro Tern Lacis said there is no teeth in voluntary compliance recommendations. More data is needed from consultants with respect to flight schools. For Superior, the source of complaints is flight schools. Data about age of planes would be helpful to understand the problem. Council member Deb Fahey asked if there have been results from previous roundtables and if they have been effective. Centennial has been effective. Mayor Stolzmann said the FAA said flight routes cannot be changed without a roundtable. Trustee Shah said the roundtable's focus is to understand all federal laws. Emissions are not part of this. FAA says to figure out solution from all stakeholders and they will help implement it. Downtown Superior Update: Town Manager Magley said the downtown Superior project is 160 acre mixed use development. This has been developed over 30 years with construction starting in 2016. 95% has approved final development plan. Toll Bros on south eastern part of project is underway. Revised down to 1200 homes. Main Street retail is underway. Council member Dickinson asked Superior Trustees to share any anecdotal success stories related to development. Mayor Pro Tem Lacis said some people are fundamentally opposed to TIF funding that will not go to schools, etc. Mayor Folsom said there will be changes in market conditions, change in board members. He likes to make things less restrictive so to accommodate changes. Trustee Ryan said to over -communicate what plans are including visuals. Mayor Pro Tern Lacis said to try to work with new developers to be consistent with original plans.