City Council Study Session Summary 2004 11 09

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CITY OF LOUISVILLE November 9, 2004 The Study Session held Tuesday, November 9, 2004 began at 7:00 p.m. with Council Members Don Brown, Dave Clabots, Jay Keany, Arnold Levihn, Sheri Marsella, Michele Van Pelt and Mayor Chuck Sisk present. Board of Appeals – Mayor and City Council thanked the Board for their service to the City. Mike Jones, Chief Building Official introduced the building staff to City Council, as there are new additions to the Building Safety Division. Mike discussed the recent increase in processing of roof permits due to work resulting from recent hail damage. Additionally, he suggested that the Board and staff would like to recommend requiring testing for licensing of contractors in the City. A number of municipalities require such standards and such a requirement could improve the quality of work in Louisville. Additionally, testing may reduce the workload of inspectors addressing questions from contractors with limited knowledge of the building code. The City Council suggested the board do some research on the cost, administration and logistics of providing such a testing requirement and report back to City Council with a recommendation on the proposed licensing change. Superior Town Center Proposal – Michael Carmichael and Jim Chanin from the Avalon Group, LLC attended the meeting to discuss potential development plans for the Biella Menkick property. Bruce Williams, the Superior Town Manager also attended the meeting. The property is subject to an IGA with Louisville which contains a sales tax sharing provision stipulating that 50% of any retail tax revenue generated on the property must be given back to the City of Louisville. The developers envision developing the area in the Town Center concept articulated in Superior’s Comprehensive Plan consisting of a mixed use development to include retail, restaurant and residential within a pedestrian friendly environment. The area would also compliment the proposed transit services in the area. The developers have not prepared site plans as they are awaiting the amendment of the IGA to allow for a residential component to facilitate the Town Center concept. Mayor and City Council articulated the need for verbiage in the IGA stating the following requirements; 1) A minimum of 250,000 square feet of retail on the site 2) A phasing approach which requires that retail be built prior to the residential development 3) A maximum allowable number of residential units 4) A non-compete clause The Town of Superior has prepared an amendment to the IGA addressing those issues and has recently sent the document to Louisville staff for consideration. The City Attorney will review the draft and suggest changes prior to City Council consideration of the document at the December 7 regular City Council meeting. Signal Warrant Analysis – David Woolfall from Carter and Burgess presented the results from the Louisville Signal Warrant Analysis. Based on the results Pine and Via Appia, along with Dillon and Pierce warrant a signal based on traffic volumes alone. The intersection at Pine Street and Via Appia has experienced the greatest number of accidents of the six intersections tested. City Council discussed whether the traffic volumes truly warrant a signal at any of the intersections and suggested staff look at alternative traffic mitigation efforts on Via Appia and the other intersections to mitigate high speeds such as round abouts, speed display signs and other methods. City Council asked staff to present the results of the report at the regular January 18 City Council meeting as well as to provide an aerial overlay of a round about at Pine and Via Appia as well as Tyler and Via Appia and the cost for such structures. Public Works Items –