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City Council Meeting Minutes November 2,2009 Page 5 of 14 MOTION: Councilor Yarnell moved to approve Resolution No. 38, Series 2009, seconded by Councilor Clabots. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0. Absent: Councilor Sackett. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JOINT MEETING BETWEEN PLANNING COMMISSION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGARDING DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES - DISCUSSION/DIRECTION Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Principal Planner Sean McCartney explained that Staff coordinated meetings between the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission, to discuss whether updates are needed in the Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville. The meetings welre held on September 2nd and September 30th. After a review of the Downtown Design Handbook, the subcommittee agreed the Handbook did not need modiification. Discussions focused on the question of whether the standards in the Handbook were mandatory or voluntary. The City Attorney forwarded a memo referencing some elements are mandatory and some are voluntary. Historic Building Rating System: Page 51 of the Handbook was established to assist the property owner in determining which standards apply to their building/property. The committee believes there needs to be more clarification of the Historic Building Rating System and how it applies to projects being built downtown. The City had an architectural survey done in :2000. The HPC requested the survey be updated to include more detailed categories of the historic building rating system. The City Attorneys' memo relative to mandatory versus voluntary concludes the provisions must be evaluated on an individual basis to determine whether compliance may be mandated as part of a PUD or other approval process. There was disagreement regarding whether the Handbook standards should be mandatory. There was a~lreE~ment for clarification as to whether the Handbook standards are mandatory and in what circumstances. There was also agreement on clarification on the buildinn rating system. Updating the architectural survey, completed in 2000, was discussed and as the subcommittee did not recommend major modifications to the Handbook, minor modification can be done in-house. The only potential consultant cost would be for a new architectural survey of the historic buildings in downtown. Such a project would be eligible for funding by the Historic Preservation Fund or possibly through a grant. PUBLIC COMMENTS Peter Stewart, 1132 Jefferson Avenue, Louisville, CO, Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) representative on the subcommittee, stated the Downtown Design Guidelines provide more flexibility in the review of development than the