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Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board DRAFT Meeting Minutes:Wednesday, September 19, 2012 City Hall,749 Main Street, Spruce Room I.Call to Order: Themeeting was called to order at 6:30pm by Chair Mark Persichetti.Minutesto be taken by Ted Sontrop. II.Roll Call:Mary Ann Heaney, Andy Johnson,Mark Members present(in bold):Cullen Choi, PersichettiTed SontropDave SzabadosEmily Jasiack ,; Staff Liaison ; City-Council Liaison;guest: Gavin McMillanJim BradfordMartin Ogle , public:, Louisville resident;, Louisville resident. III.Approval of Current-Meeting’s Agenda: The agenda was approved as-is. IV. Approval of July Meeting Minutes: The minutes from the July18thmeeting wereapproved with the correction of the date in the page header on page 2.Similarly, the minutes from the August 15 meeting were also approved with correction to the date in the page header. V. Public CommentsonItems Not on the Agenda: Emily Jasiak mentioned that the City Council would like the LSAB to advise the council regarding the issue of chickens on residential properties. The issue of train noise and quiet zones was raised and Emily noted that the City Council had deferred discussion on the topic due to it being tied to the FasTracks/RTD project, but since that project has been delayed it may be worth raising the topic for discussion again. Emily stated that the Cities of Longmont and Fort Collins had produced white papers on the issue of train noise, and she would try to locate those papers. She also stated that there were possible noise-abatement options such as whistles located at the intersections instead of on the trains. VI. Comp-Plan Review with Planning Staff: Gavin McMillan provided an update on the Comp Plan and the output of the charettes held the last week of August. The presentation described three patterns of development (urban, suburban, rural) and illustrated those areas on a mapof Louisville. It also articulated the concept of “Area Types” that includes ‘centers,’ neighborhoods,’ ‘corridors,’ ‘special districts,’ and ‘parks/open space’and illustrated these on the map. The juxtaposition of these Area Types with the DevelopmentPatterns creates 15 combinations that can be used to help understand the character of different areas of the city, and the characteristics of those areas with respect to economics, traffic, pedestrian use, and other factors that provide important understanding for comp plan decisions. Gavin also presented several possible development alternatives for the city, stemming from the August charettes. These options include: -Alignment of Main St with Centennial in order to create a safer and more logical intersection for vehicles, bikes and pedestrians at South Boulder Road (distance from the railroad tracks is a key component of creating a safer and more logical intersection) and further development of an Urban Neighborhood along South Boulder Road from the th St. Centennial Shopping area (i.e. the old Safeway area) to Hwy 42/95 -Creating an Urban Center at McCaslin & Dillon through reconfiguration of the existing properties around the movie theater areaand Sam’s club. City of Louisville Public Works Department 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4608(phone) 303.335.4550(fax) www.louisvilleco.gov