Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2014 12 03

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Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes November 3, 2014 Page 2 of 4 APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 6, 2014 MINUTES: Approved PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD: Justine Vigil -Tapia of the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB) shared items the SAB is working on. The SAB would like feedback from stakeholders from residents to businesses. The mission is to promote sustainability through energy efficiency, resource conservation and localization to better the environment, social well -being and economic vitality with the goal of developing a sustainability roadmap for the City of Louisville. The board would like to gather feedback to produce a roadmap and provide information to the City Council including short and long term goals. The recent Energy Audit indicated the City is doing well on sustainability issues. Council would like to focus on education. The community is fortunate to have a lot of expertise around the topic of sustainability. Members of the community are interested in zero waste. Council member Jeff Lipton said the Planning Commission talked about revisiting lighting and landscaping requirements; SAB may want to have input on those. Parking requirements may need to be reviewed to provide flexibility to hardscape improvements (i.e. parking lots). Small Area Planning on McCaslin may also provide opportunity to provide improved transit infrastructure. SAB will continue outreach and education. Chair Dalton thanked Ms. Vigil -Tapia for sharing the information. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY DISCUSSION Economic Development Director DeJong said Certificates of Occupancy (CO) are a complex issue. Planning and Building Safety Director Troy Russ and Chief Building Official Ken Swanson came to BRaD to discuss what is involved in getting a CO. Russ reported that Building Safety stopped issuing Temporary CO (TCO) because the City has no recourse once a TCO is issued. The CO protects the City, tenants and owners interests. Several divisions manage the CO process, including Public Works /Engineering, Building Safety, and Planning. Everyone wants to ensure minor items do not hold up a tenant taking possession, however safety items are a major concern and will not be negotiated. For other items, mechanisms can be put in place to hold the property owner responsible for completing required items. An example currently being exercised is accepting a Letter of Credit for landscaping improvement not completed prior to issuing a CO.