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Summer 2014 ra: City,../ Corn muni Luiille U date p A Message from the Mayor e City y Counil e world is too much with us;late and soon,getting and spending, we lay waste our pow- rs:Little we see in Nature that is ours. -William Wordsworth Mayor Robert Pc. MI 303.981.0697 jvTe are all blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Colorado's natural beauty is bobm @louisvilleco.gov �/�/ always impressive,but I've been especially struck by it this summer.With all the moisture we've had, the open spaces and foothills are still green like springtime. I hope • Ward I everyone gets a chance to get out and enjoy Louisville's trails, especially the new underpass beneath McCaslin Boulevard connecting Harper Lake and Davidson Mesa. In addition to Jayme Moss 303.641.0773 natural beauty, there are many activities to enjoy in Louisville's nice weather--movies and jaymem @louisvilleco.gov concerts in the park, First Friday art walks, enjoying a bite to eat at our restaurants, and the Street Faire. Jay Keany I want to commend the Downtown Business Association for putting on a great event 303.665.4818 and, in particular, for the outstanding effort to make the Street Faire a zero-waste event. jayk @louisvilleco.gov It has been a pleasure to see all the material being composted that in some prior years has • Ward II ended up in a landfill. Recently, the City Council commissioned a baseline city-wide energy use study. From Susan Loo it we learned some interesting things.The largest energy use in Louisville is electricity in 303.665.4945 commercial buildings, followed by gasoline to power cars, and in a near tie for third place, susanl @louisvilleco.gov energy used to produce and transport food and residential electricity use. One thing not high on our energy use list was the environmental effect of solid waste Jeff Lipton disposal. Five years ago Louisville began a solid waste disposal program that is a pay-as- 303.665.9776 you-throw program that includes curbside recycling and composting. In the energy use lipton @louisvilleco.gov analysis, the effect of keeping compost materials out of the landfill is so significant(corn- • Ward III portable materials in a landfill produce methane which is a green house gas 21 times more Continued on page 2 Hank Dalton 303.926.9930 � p Flood Recovery Update hankd @louisvilleco.gov WHY ISIT TAKING SO LONG? Ashley Stolzmann Very early after the flood, City staff and the City Council made a decision to work 303.570.9614 through the Federal process and seek Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) ashleys @louisvilleco.gov reimbursement for our flood damage. Doing so severely slows down the rebuilding process as we comply with Federal reimbursement rules and regulations.These rules included not City Manager starting work until FEMA had documented the damage,waiting for FEMA to give the go Malcolm Fleming ahead to bid projects, and waiting for FEMA review of steps along the way. Had we done 303.335.4532 any work before receiving FEMA approval,we would not be eligible for reimbursement. malcolmf @louisvilleco.gov However,when all is said and done, the City should get almost$5 million reimbursed City Council Meetings are from the Federal government through FEMA and the Federal Highway Administration. held the first and third This is money that we would have to otherwise find in our City budget.To put it in per- Tuesdays of each month at spective, that is about one-quarter of what we spend in an average year on capital projects. 7:00 PM at City Hall, Rather than make significant cuts to our budget we felt it was more responsible to our 749 Main Street. taxpayers to seek reimbursement even if it slowed down the process. In the meantime we thank you for your patience as we get everything back in working order. To find out in which Ward you live, please call COAL CREEK TRAIL 303.335.4536. As reconstruction work continues, City staff is still targeting September 2014 to reopen the Coal Creek Trail.At this time, some sections are open for use,but if you come to an www.LouisviIleCO.gov active work area, please do not enter.The section of trail going under the railroad tracks Continued on page 3