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City Council Meeting Minutes March 17, 2015 Page 11 of 31 Walt Oehlkers, 665 Juniper Court, Louisville, CO noted he has been a part of the Senior Board and their Basic Needs Committee. Senior housing was determined to be a definite need and was added to the Comprehensive Plan. Senior housing needs to include zero steps and wider doorways, which also works for individuals with disabilities. He noted some of the present housing does not provide those needs. Debbie Fahey, 1118 W. Enclave Circle, Louisville, CO was in favor of building low income and senior housing. She felt the biggest question was the appearance of subsidizing the artist housing and suggested it should be separate from the affordable housing. She had a problem with giving assistance to building Kaylix Street since its construction had not been decided yet. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayor Muckle felt staff had done a very good job of addressing Council's concerns. He agreed affordable housing is desirable. It is a major investment, but the significance cannot be underestimated. He noted the City has always had a great partnership with the County. The affordable housing project will cost the community initially, but there is a positive impact in the long run. The City is being asked to provide .05 per cent as support for the project, the majority of which is fee waivers and not actual cash. The actual cash portion is in 2018 when the City's budget will be able to tolerate the contribution. There is also a potential to speed up the process for the underpass at Highway 42 and to continue the trail system. The project will cost the City money, but it has great value.. He explained the City cannot subdivide the property because it is not in the City and must first be annexed to Louisville. He looked forward to the unique community Boulder County will build. Council member Stolzmann felt the applicant demonstrated the annexation and zoning criteria has been met. She voiced her appreciation to staff for incorporating all the Council comments into the annexation agreement. Her concem centered on the annexation agreement for affordable housing and higher limits for senior housing. She noted those concems were addressed.. She explained item 12 addressed working together with Boulder County for 60 days to come to an agreement on the financial assistance. She felt it would be more beneficial to be more aggressive on items 9 -11. Item 10 calls for 50% of the traffic signal being paid for by the applicant. She suggested 100% of the traffic signal be paid by the applicant and the assistance package reflect the City will pay 50% and take credit for the payment. She addressed the trail extension and the underpass and suggested instead of stopping the trail at the underpass the applicant and the City pay for the underpass as a local match. On item 9 she did not believe in piping ditches unless it is absolutely necessary as it takes away from the character of the community Council member Loo requested clarification on page 268 (b) of the Preference Policy, where first preference is given to flood disaster victims. She noted BCHA is getting $8