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City Council Meeting Minutes May 19, 2015 Page 22 of 34 fiscal performance and from a traffic perspective and then allow the community to take the information and create a fourth altemative, a hybrid, or a preferred alternative. He stressed this has been a very public process, which is classified in three altematives; 1) Community Workshop, 2) Market and 3) Survey. The Community Workshop reflects the majority of the public comments and the In- Vision Louisville site. The Workshop Alternative would have the least amount of development overall, being mainly one story with a second allowed conditionally. It also focuses more on retail and less on residential, and has the most park and open space land than the other altematives. It includes the Steel Ranch Market Place, The North End commercial portion; Louisville Plaza and the Safeway redevelopment. The Santilli property to the east is zoned commercial, but has been earmarked for open space acquisition. Community improvements include pocket parks, plazas, extending greenways and extensions of roadways. Council member Keany addressed the areas shown as open space and stated those areas have not been purchased. Public members at the workshops identified those areas as desirable areas for open space. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ confirmed Council member Keany's statement. He identified land use scenarios and noted any number of developments may come into the area. The study is showing the maximum number of commercial and office space with an assumption on residential and does not represent full residential. The same assumption was made in all three scenarios, which are ballpark figures per study. The Market Altemative: This alternative has the most development, allowing three stories everywhere and a fourth story conditionally. It has the most residential, with less focus on office, retail, and parks and open space. This alternative is recommended for further study because it provides a high -end estimate for future development and a low - end estimate for public investment and reflects interests expressed by the business community and market conditions. The Survey Alternative: This altemative falls in the middle, allowing two stories and a third conditionally. It also has the most retail and commercial development. This alternative is recommended for further study because it provides mid -range estimates for future development and public investment and reflects survey results. The North End would be mixed use ground floor retail with upper floor office. The Santilli property would be half mixed use employment and half open space. Main Street and Centennial Drive Intersection: The proposed land use scenarios include slight variations in street network, the most significant being the Workshop and Survey Alternatives proposal of realigning Main Street at South Boulder Road to meet Centennial Drive. Other recommended infrastructure improvements will be further vetted with the community and highlighted in the development of the preferred land use scenario. Staff is requesting confirmation from City Council regarding the Main Street and Centennial Drive intersection altematives to be considered. Staff is recommending the analysis of the intersection occur in the small area plan because during the Desire and Discover phases of the effort the public comments focused on a number of