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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />April; 10, 2014 <br />Page 29of 37 <br />SAFETY AND SECURITY: In regard to safety and security, it is not just numbers but is <br />perception. Do you know who is parking in your neighborhood? Do you know who is <br />walking through your neighborhood? Statistically andclearly, Louisville is safe but we <br />are starting to get a sense from the community about bad behavior from bar patrons <br />leaving debris in residential yards. We are hearing it, seeing it, and getting strong <br />evidence of that. The safety and security perceptions we are hearing from the <br />neighborhoods are starting to get concerning. Statistically, however, Louisville is as <br />safe as anyplace in Colorado or in the country. <br />In looking at this, Planning Staff is asking you and the citizenswhat is important to you. <br />What environment do you want to create? Then we can look at our policies and get <br />them aligned.When we thought we had premium transit delivered here in 2017 and the <br />parking ratios that we had, maybe they were appropriate. However, we know we are <br />not being delivered transit in 2017. There are other issues we need to think about. We <br />want the public, the Planning Commission,and Council to understand policies and how <br />they need to work together and not against one another. In Staff’s opinion, we have <br />them working against each other. <br />Staff presented to the public at a community meeting on March 5, 2014. We had a <br />great dialogue. We had about 65 people in the audience. <br />Commissioner Russell asks on alignment. Are you talking alignment across the entire <br />town or alignment within a particular district? <br />Russ answers in Downtown. At the community meeting,before we worry about parking, <br />tell us what you like most about Downtown and what you like most about Old Town. Of <br />the 65 people, these were the top responses. They each got three post-it notes and <br />they had a write down a wordor a phrase they liked most about it. We had a little bit of <br />sarcasm from the audience. Cigarette butts they didn’t like. There was a lot of <br />consistency. We had good representation from the business association and the <br />residents. The most significant positives regardingDowntownwerepeople, quality of <br />life, and small town. They like the walkability of it. They like the land use mix and the <br />vibrancy. They like the places to eat and the restaurants. They like the architecture <br />and the historic character. Those were the big things they liked about Downtown. <br />Regarding Old Town, responses werethe architecture and the historic character. They <br />like the people, the quality of life, and the small town. They like the walkability. <br />Downtown and Old Town were very much in alignment with one another. There is <br />common ground withwhat they want to achieve. <br />The next set of questions was “tell us your ideas and solutions, what do you want to do <br />about it?” We did a detailed parking study,the history, showed maps, and <br />improvements. <br />PARKING ANALYSIS: Wecollected data on four days and compared it to a study done <br />in 2010. In 2010, the data said that we didn’t have a significant parking problem in <br />Downtown. Every spacewas street parking,but there were a number of off-street <br />spaces not being fully utilized. We looked at a much smaller area of Downtown. If you <br /> <br />