Planning Commission Minutes 2003 09 23

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those names that were unable to speak at the first public hearing. Elmer Crider, 9355 Paradise Lane, Louisville stated that he has been resident of the Louisville area and a neighbor of STK for 30 years. Crider opposes the plan before the Planning Commission because the undeveloped land should be set aside as open space. He suggested that th an interchange be added at HWY 36 and 88 Street to enhance access to Avista Hospital. He suggested that the Planning Commission consider these points to ponder about the development: 1) leave the land as open space; 2) take control of growth and density of all development; and 3) improve the quality of life for the residents of Louisville. Bob Muckle – not present. Dave Clabots – not present. Ty Gee, 253 Hoover Ct., Louisville discussed the process that the planning commission had chosen to implement for the hearing, i.e. only allowing each person 3-minutes to talk. He proposed that the total time should be 3-minutes per application, which would provide 9-minutes per person. He stated that the Comprehensive Plan is the logical starting place. The Planning Commission, STK and the City of Louisville need to have common vision and that can be accomplished by starting with a clean sheet of paper. He expressed concern with the presentation by STK because they have limited their discussion to answering the question of why and not how. John Leary, 1116 Lafarge, Louisville distributed written comments to the Planning Commission. He encouraged the Commission not to blur the discussion between the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning requests, which are independent actions. His discussion centered on the Fiscal Analysis, the need for more details and he looks forward to a presentation by the Finance Director. Chip Heldman, 296 S. Adams Dr., Louisville stated that the opposed the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning/Rezoning for the following reasons: 1) increase size of Louisville by 10-15%; 2) residential component is not adjacent to other residential communities in Louisville; 3) the tax issue is not a benefit to the City; 4) he is not convinced that the traffic congestion will be solved with a mixed-use as proposed by STK; 5) questions whether we need what STK is referring to as a gateway to the City; 6) the development creates a spirit of urban sprawl and 7) STK needs to address why an Arts Center is needed in the center of their proposed development. Lipton announced that this concluded those that had come to speak at the first meeting and that others would have an opportunity to speak later in the meeting. Lipton requested a report from Paul Wood, Planning Director, regarding the Fiscal Analysis. Wood introduced the Director of Finance for the City, Charlene Laus. Laus gave a brief background of her experience in fiscal impact analyses to the Planning Commission. Laus provided a general overview of the three scenarios included in the Fiscal Analysis as follows: 1) industrial build-out at current zoning; 2) mixed use, based on square footage and numbers per acre as provided by STK; and 3) commercial, office, industrial with no residential. 3