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Louisville City Council Meeting April 6, 2004 Page 9 of 10 VOTE: All in favor. MOTION: Mayor Sisk moved that Item - 7A Proclamation - Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month be continued to April 20, 2004. Council member Brown seconded the motion. All in favor. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT No report. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT City Manager Bill Simmons asked Heather Balser, Assistant City Manager for Governmental Relations, to update Council on transportation issues: Balser updated Council on the following: The Northwest Corridor EIS has a new realignment with 16 alternatives. The next meeting is scheduled for May 7, 2004. The McCaslin Interchange funding will be distributed by DRCOG. DRCOG will host a Metro Vision meeting on April 7, 2004. Council member Brown will attend the meeting. The McCaslin Corridor funding is $8 Million dollars. Congressman Udall is hosting a community meeting on April 14, 2004 at the Louisville Recreation Center from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Urban Land Institute will host a conference on the US 36 Corridor on April 16, 2004, at the Westin Hotel in Westminster from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The citizen survey draft will be available to Council at the next work session. The survey includes comprehensive plan questions. City Manager Simmons updated Council on the following: Staffis preparing two letters to land owners, Warembourg Land Ranchers L.L.C. and Boulder County, for additional land acquisitions for Community Park. The acquisition includes four acres of land and a conservation easement at an estimated $134,000. The City Staff and Planning Commissioner Bill McDermott interviewed three consulting firms for the Comprehensive Plan. Staff is completing reference checks on the finalist. The contract recommendation will be before Council at the April 20, 2004 meeting. The Community Investment Fee refund process has begun and is being administered by the Planning Department. He provided a written update on the progress of all capital projects and stated reports will be forwarded to Council on a quarterly basis. City Manager Simmons outlined future work session agenda items as follows: Hotel registration ordinance; parking enforcement ordinance; expired vehicle registration ordinance; citizen survey; meetings with the Library Board, the Arts & Humanities Board and the Housing Authority. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS 9