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R~gu1ar Meeting Louisville City Council Apri1-..1Ll.9 7 3 Meeting was called to order by Mayor Lawrence Caranci at 7:30 ?m. with Councilmen King, Jensen, Donovan, Scholl, Domenico, City Administrator Wurl, City Attorney Morris, Treasurer Hesson and City Clerk McNulty. Absent: - Councilman Deborski. Minutes of March 20th approved as presented. CORRESPONDENCE: OBLINGER-SMITH CONTRACT STEINBAUGH LUMBER YARD CITIZENS ADVI- SORY COMMITTEE PARKS AND RECREATION SEWER RODDER Councilman King moved that correspondence be accepted and be brought up under proper heading. Seconded by Councilman Jensen. All in favor. Motion carried. After discussion, Counc:l.lman Jensen moved to allocate funds from Con- tingency of 1973 budget for the contract agreement for planning service of Central Business RedE~velopment plan to Oblinger-Smith in the amount of $4,700. Seconded by Councilman King. Motion amended to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign contract. Roll call vote - all in favor. Motion carried. Council authorized the Hayor and City Clerk to sign the Urban Renewal Agreement on old Steinb;:lugh Lumber Yard as stated in Resolution No. 8 Series 1973. The City will pay relocation cost - lease option of $500 per month, half of which will be credited to the purchase price, until such time when Urban Renewal can close the deal. If present owners lease the land Urban Renew;:ll 1s faced with relocation problem and probably will not get approval from HUn. Councilman King moved to purchase old Stein- baugh Lumber Yard land "Lna apptove Resolution No.8, Series 1973. Seconded by Councilman Scholl" Roll call vote - all in favor. Motion carried. Mrs. Dolores Forbis presented bi-laws of Citizens Advisory Committee. All members are to bE~ appointed by City Council when bi-1aws are adopted everyone will have to bE~ reappointed. All vacancies are to be advertised. Councilmen asked if members are required to live in the City. Mr. Roger Joseph who is presently on the Committee does not. It was moved by Councilman Donovan that Citizens Advisory bi-laws be approved by Council. Seconded by Counc ilm"Ln King. All in favor. Motion carried. Councilman Jensen mmred that all present members be appointed to the Citizen Advisory Committee and necessary advertising be made for two vacancies. Seconded by Councilman Donovan. All in favor. Motion carried. Chairman Keith Helart discussed methods of financing the improvement of all parkland acquired by dE~dication from various developers. Two approaches that might be practical for the community are: 1. tlrite an ordinan(~e E~stablishing fee on every new building permit. 2. Levy a real estate tranfer tax which would be a percentage of the sale price and could cover storm sewers and other service areas. Council suggested Ke:lth contact Mr. Wurl and come up with a plan. Mr. Wurl stated 2 I b:lds had been submitted from Southwest Flexible and o 'Brien (a Chicago f:lrm with no representatives in Colorado). Southwest Flexible has a machine that because of the way it is constructed will outlast the other. Our recommendation is Southwest Flexible at $4,918.00. Tried to rent one but there were none available. Councilman Jensen moved to purchase the Southwest Flexible rodder for $4,918.00. Seconded by Coun- cilman Donovan. Roll cl!ll1 vote - all in favor. Motion carried.