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September 2018 Eviiie A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. CITY COUNCIL - Eleanor Roosevelt Mayor Robert P.Muckle ear Louisville Resident: 303.981.0697 Louisville is a great place now due to the dreams of past leaders and residents. BobM@LouisvilleCO.gov Their ideas and actions resulted in our having thousands of acres of open space, •WARD I miles of trails,a historic downtown and a solid water supply.We are currently involved in projects to improve the quality of life in Louisville,including expanding the recreation and Jay Keany senior center,building underpasses to make trail connections and making major invest- 303.665.4818 ments in repairing and repaving roads.What are our dreams for the future? JayK@LouisvilleCO.gov One thing we know about the future is that retail will look different. It is not news to Chris Leh anyone how much online shopping has affected local stores and businesses.Cities in 303.668.3916 Colorado are very dependent on sales tax revenues to support city services,so the loss Leh@LouisvilleCO.gov of local sales tax is a concern.This situation may change soon as a result of the recent Supreme Court decision in Wayfair vs.South Dakota,in which the court found that local •WARD II governments and states can require online retailers to pay sales tax. In the meantime in Louisville,the most obvious consequence of changing retail patterns is the continued va- Susan Loo cancy at the former Sam's Club building.The City is currently undertaking a market study 303.665.4945 of the Sam's Club site and McCaslin corridor to begin a process of re-visioning this area. SusanL@LouisvilleCO..°•+ It's certainly too early to know how this process will turn out,but we are listening to what residents are telling us. Hopefully we might see some public gathering spaces,entertain- Jeff Lipton ment or other destination opportunities along with some office and retail. 303.665.9776 Lipton@LouisvilleCO.gov We are certainly a future oriented place,with companies in the City building space ships and aircraft components,developing mapping systems for autonomous vehicles and •WARD III building surgical image guidance systems.At the municipal level,City Council just voted to obtain 100%of our municipal electrical needs from solar power.Yet,while looking Dennis Maloney forward,we always appreciate our past and the key goal of maintaining our small town 303.494.9257 character. Louisville voters have now twice supported a sales tax to support our historic DennisM@LouisvilleCO.gov preservation program.The recent renewal of the tax allows 20%of the money to be spent Ashley Stolzmann on the operations of the Louisville Historical Museum.This will allow us to keep the mu- seum open additional hours during the week and continue our work to put more of the AshleyS@LouisvilleCO.gov collection online. However,one thing I hope to see in the(hopefully not distant)future is a building addition to the museum.The museum has several critical needs identified City Manager by our museum consultant.These include a lack of adequate climate controlled storage Heather Balser for the collection of items donated to the museum,mostly by Louisville residents.The 303.335.4530 museum also needs ADA accessibility including ADA bathrooms and an indoor meeting HeatherB@LouisvilleCO.gov space to host the elementary school groups that visit the museum to learn about Lou- isville History.The addition would serve all these needs but we don't yet have a plan for City Council Meetings are funding the construction. held the first and third Tuesdays of each month at A significant element of Louisville's future will have to do with what happens at the Phil- 7:00 PM at City Hall, lips 66/StorageTek site.As I write this,there is no development proposal for this property. 749 Main Street. We all know the values of this location--several nearby universities,airport access,Bus Rapid Transit(BRT)on US 36 and,of course,being in Louisville.When we are presented To find out in which with a development proposal there will be an extensive public process to allow the resi- Ward you live,please call dents to ensure it is a good fit for Louisville. 303.335.4536. The Council is currently working on the 2-year budget for 2019-2020.We recognize that www.LouisvilleCO.gov Continued on Page 2