Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2015 01 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes December 11, 2014 Page 13 of 17 • Make sure traffic passing through the corridor does not make it an undesirable place to live, work, play, and travel • Does traffic noise decrease? • Do pedestrians and bicyclists feel safe? • How long will a trip take on the corridor? • Accommodate future regional transportation plans • How does the corridor alternative adequately address future transportation needs? • How does the corridor alternative accommodate adopted regional transit plans? • Provide safe and efficient access in strategic locations for proposed land uses Principle 6 - Provide for community gathering spaces and public infrastructure to encourage visitors to spend time in the corridor. • Provide for community amenities identified in survey and elsewhere • Tentative Schedule December 11 — Planning Commission review o January 6 — City Council endorsement o January 14 & 15 — Walkability Audit and Placemaking Workshop o February — Public meeting #3 — develop alternatives o April — Public meeting #4 — review alternatives o May /June — Plan adoption • Other Items` o Survey — mailed in December o Wayfinding — at the February meetin o McCaslin Blvd plan — Kick -off in February Commission Questions of Staff., Russell asks about "physical form of the corridor" as a strength and then "provide additional uses" as a threat. Robinson says some people like the physical form of the corridor, size of the street, sidewalks, and relation of buildings. Some people did not like that. Russ comments on parcel size and the general scale of the potential based on parcel size as an asset versus other areas that do not have the parcels as large parcel McCaslin. South Boulder Road's physical form can be influenced more easily than McCaslin. Russell asks about "provide additional uses" as a threat. Robinson says there is desire for "additional uses" that are not present, uses that could be there but are not present. What can we encourage and we cannot directly control. Tengler says it is characterized as a threat rather than opportunity. Russell says lack of uses is a weakness. We cannot control it. Russ says that a threat to the process and a threat to the outcome of small town character is too much dependency on bringing in something we have no control over. Rice asks about the train and usage. Russ says train usage has fluctuated recently. In that last year, there has been a significant rise in daily operation. 14 passes on the low end to 20 passes on the high end. Robinson says there is a temporary rise due to work on a parallel line. Louisville is getting more trains but it should drop in January. Pritchard asks about definition of livable small town feel.