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Louisville City Council Meeting December 2, 2003 Page 8 of 22 Jim Cummings, 795 W. Pinyon Way, Louisville, CO addressed the applicant's point of view why an amendment is necessary and stated their comments were contradictory. He felt the proposed development of the property would bring negative impacts to the City and would be inconsistent with the vision for the City. Ronda Grassi, 916 Main Street, Louisville, CO, stated she is a member of the Downtown Business Association. She reported the members took a vote of the STK proposal, and over fifty DBM members were in favor of the STK proposal. She stated the downtown business community supports the residential portion amendment to the comp plan. She stated the 80 acres is vital to the community. Susan Morris, 939 W. Maple Court, Louisville, CO, addressed the substance of the comp plan amendment before the Council. She stated the amendment represented the developer and not the members of the community. She reviewed a document entitled "The Guiding Principles for Amending the South Subarea Comp Plan", which was submitted by a citizen's committee. She asked Council to consider the citizen's committee petition. She presented Council with a citizen's petition, proposing a comp plan amendment, which contains over 300 Louisville residents' signatures. Chip Helman, 296 S. Adams Drive, Louisville, CO concurred with Susan Morris and voiced his opposition of the comp plan amendment. Tom Mayer, 580 Wildrose Way, Louisville, CO voiced his concern with the residential component of the STK proposal. He doubted the validity of the fiscal impact benefit to the City of Louisville. He referenced the sales tax leakage, and noted the transit center would benefit Broomfield and not the City Louisville. He stated that such a mixed-use development is much more successful on a larger parcel. He did not believe the proposed retail tax dollars would pay for the development and noted STK has postponed the Annexation Agreement and proposed a special district, which he thought could be a financial disaster. Mayor Davidson asked Mayer to expand on the County Commissioners October 17th, 2003 letter. Mayer stated the Northwest Parkway IGA did not envision the intense expansion of STK. Council member Brown asked if Broomfield's current development east of STK was contemplated at the time of the Northwest Parkway IGA. Mayor Davidson stated the parcel east of STK was annexed by Broomfield and contemplated for development prior to the Northwest Parkway IGA. John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO addressed the amendment to the comprehensive plan and stated only the 80 acre-parcel is subject to the comp plan amendment. He stated the comprehensive plan is the vision for the City and should not be changed at the request of developers and suggested there are better uses of the land. 8