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City Council Meeting Minutes April 2, 2013 Page 17 of 23 taking the time to discuss the Comprehensive Plan with him last week. He did not support the development of multi - family housing and felt it would ruin the small town flavor of Louisville. He did not support three -story, multi - family structures, which would ruin the views. He supported Alfalfas, but not the high density approach. Sid Vinall, 544 Leader Circle, Louisville, CO, Citizen's Action Council, provided 25 postcards from residents who oppose high density urban corridors. He addressed the survey results presented by Ms. Stolzman. He noted another purpose of the survey was to obtain the residents' opinion on high density housing and asked Council to consider the results of the survey. He noted Lafayette has been successful in bringing in commercial businesses, Longmont is redeveloping their shopping center and the Town of Superior is proposing a new urban area. John S. Nahodyl, 2333 Dogwood Circle, Louisville, CO thanked Planning Director Russ for his presentation. He stated change is a part of our human experience. Change for the sake of change is not good and in many areas change cannot be reversed. Change can be managed to benefit a community. He felt the revisions to the Comp Plan are now closer to the desires of the residents. He felt the urban corridors increase traffic, density, taxes and will ruin the small town character of Louisville. He urged Council to continue to work on the small area plans. Bruce MacKenzie, 1612 Cottonwood Drive, Louisville, CO, urged Council to turn down the Comprehensive Plan. He felt it is too aggressive and an excuse to build more. He corrected the reference of Cottonwood Apartments, and stated they are owner /occupied condominiums. He questioned redeveloping the Cottonwood area. Carlos Hernandez, 279 Chestnut Street, Louisville, CO serves on the Governor's Panel, Colorado TBD, which is looking at the future of Colorado. It is projected within the next 20 years 2.8 million people will move to the Colorado Front Range, who are 55 years old or older. They will use McCaslin, South Boulder Road and Highway 42, whether they live in Louisville or not. The Governor is allocating funds and resources to plan for this problem. The City's Comp Plan Web site "Envision Louisville" has over 1,600 views and comments posted over the last 18 months. He asked Council to consider those comments. He addressed the housing in the TOD and stated if housing is eliminated from the station area, Louisville would be the only community prohibiting housing within a two to five - minute walk of the station, putting Louisville residents at a disadvantage. He addressed the very successful 2012 road paving project from Dahlia to Cherry Street and Dillon, where lanes and sidewalks were added increasing the efficiency of the roadway. He stated the reason why Lafayette is getting retail, is the 36,000 cars using 287 and Lafayette's 24,000 population. He supported the Comprehensive Plan. Aquiles LaGrave, 379 Peerless Street, Louisville, CO agreed with Council member Loo that previous Comprehensive Plans allowed the City to thrive and the citizenry to speak on the development. He addressed the City's public outreach, which he felt was unsuccessful and resulted in the Citizen's Action Council survey. He disagreed with Mr.