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CITY OF LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY UPDATE �f` WINTER 2002 '� CITY COUNCIL CITY WELCOMES NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ongratulations to Chuck Sisk who was elected Mayor in the November Mayor Torn Davidson municipal election. Since 1992, Chuck has served as a member of the City 303.666.8573 Council representing Ward I. He also served as the Mayor Pro-tem on the City davidst @ci.louisville.co.us Council since 1996. "As the incoming Mayor of Louisville, I am honored to follow Ward I the impressive list of previous mayors, who have made such significant and Mayor Pro-Tern Chuck Sisk meaningful contributions to our city. I anticipate some alterations to Louisville's 303.665.6889 landscape, such as a new library, a new police department, a revitalized Highway 42 charlesisk @aol.com corridor, including a possible new transportation center, and the transformation of the southern part of town. These will be challenging for your city officials and John Keany change is always difficult for some of us to comprehend. I look forward to 303.665.4818 enlightened discussions to determine what is best for Louisville and understand keanyj @ci.louisville.co.us that there will be divergent opinions on some of these proposals. But I am Ward II reminded that none of us have all of the right answers and therein lies the Sheri Marsella challenge of your elected officials to make decisions after considering an array of 303.665.3276 comments. I urge our citizens to become more involved in their city and commend marsels @ci.louisville.co.us the high percentage of voters (58%) that took time to vote in the election. We are an energized city and the vitality of our citizens allows us to attain even more lofty Michele Van Pelt goals," said Sisk. 303.673.9235 A new City Council member for Ward I was also elected in November. We vanpelm @ci.louisville.co.us welcome Dave Clabots to that position. Dave has lived in Louisville for the past 16 Ward III years and served as Louisville City Clerk from 1996-2000. In addition, he has Don Brown served on the Resource Conservation Advisory Board as well as the transportation 303.673.0648 task force and DASH roundtable. brownd @ci.louisvillle.co.us Don Brown was elected to another term on City Council representing Ward III. This will be Don's second term; he was initially elected in 2000. In his time on the Arnold Levihn Council, Don has acted as the City's representative to the Denver Regional Council 303.665.2024 of Governments as well as served on the City Council's legal committee. All new levihna @ci.louisville.co.us and reelected members of the City Council will be sworn in on January 12. City Manager Bill Simmons NEW LIBRARY APPROVED BY VOTERS 303.335.4532iere's a new library coming to town!! In the November 4 election, Louisville simmonw @ci.louisville.co.us voters approved a bond issue in the amount of$7.4 million for the construction of a new library. The vote passed by a margin of approximately 59% City Council Meetings to 41%. The proposed facility, to be built in a downtown location, will be a two- are held the first and third story building of approximately 31,000 square feet, replacing the existing library Tuesdays of each month at facility that is 13,400 square feet. 7:00 PM, City Hall The City will issue $7.2 million in bonds, to be repaid over a 20-year period, to 749 Main Street fund the purchase of property and construction of the building. The bonds will be financed through a property tax increase of no more than 1.581 mills. This will For further information increase property tax by approximately $37.75 annually for a resident who lives in a about City activities and $300,000 home. The City Council has begun discussions to find a location and hopes to start construction in 2004. projects,please visit Also in the election, voters turned down a proposal that would have continued a www.ci.1ouisville.co.us. 3% use tax on the purchase of building materials for residential construction. This tax would have continued funding for projects that benefit the City's youth.