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City Council Meeting Minutes May 19, 2015 Page 24 of 34 residential development to reduce the costs of the project. The same two pedestrian variants are introduced with this option - one being an at -grade pedestrian only signal near the BNSF rail road and the other being a pedestrian underpass at Centennial Drive. The potential land use scenario would yield 17,000 sf of retail and six residential units. Like the proposed land use scenarios being recommended for testing, staff is requesting City Council confirm the alternative intersection alignments to be evaluated for traffic operation and cost. Funding to cover the cost of analyzing each of the various scenarios is included in the City's 2015 budget. COUNCIL COMMENT Mayor Muckle felt due to the hour, the Council will not get to the executive session. He asked Council if they would consider moving the executive session and other agenda items to next week. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton agreed. Mayor Muckle requested staff members who were to be included in the executive session be permitted to leave the meeting. He also suggested the Historic Preservation Master Plan be rescheduled. He suggested continuing this and the executive session on Tuesday, May 26th Council member Stolzmann asked if the Historic Preservation Consultant would be available for next week's meeting. It was confirmed the consultant was available for the next meeting. City Attorney Light recommended the City Council call a special meeting for May 26th and to include the items they wish to be placed on the agenda. Mayor Muckle would call for a special meeting after public comment on the South Boulder Road Area Plan. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Muckle called for public comment and requested public comments be kept to three minutes. Patricia Thompson, 1381 Golden Eagle Way, Louisville, CO understood this study is in its early stages, but voiced concern over the high density housing units. She noted the School District has no plans to address enrollment issues. Louisville Elementary is not at capacity yet, but BVSD projects within five years there will be an additional 100 students and by 2019 and 2020 there will be 700 children. Some students will go to Louisville Elementary School and some to Coal Creek Elementary, but all will go to Louisville Middle School. She did not want to see the quality of schools affected. Chris Saxman, 1384 Paschal Drive, Louisville, CO felt when considering redeveloping the City, Council should keep in mind the character of Louisville and think about the