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City Council Meeting Minutes May 19, 2015 Page 26 of 34 Erik Hartronft, 817 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, CO noted the Main Street realignment confuses him. The initial planning for Louisville downtown was a grid and was planned that way, not suburban swoop. He asked Council to respect property rights and to not hold property owners hostage. He thought it best to forget realignment so land owners can move on and it not be so costly to the City. Sherry Sommer, 910 S. Palisade, Louisville, CO stated she did not understand why the workshop was being dismissed. She felt the baseline was wrong and should reflect what residents want. She saw a lack of perspective in this plan; need to know what the population limit is. She felt there was a need to have open space added. She thought with added residential, the City would never meet demand for parking. COUNCIL COMMENT Mayor Muckle called for Council comment with the recognition this would be continued to another meeting. Council member Lipton doesn't see cost benefit to the City or social cost to property owners. He doesn't support the Main Street realignment and would like to not spend any more time on it. Pleas from the community are very compelling. He proposed taking it off the table. Density and growth would have a significant impact. He asked to consider not dramatically changing the community character. Council member Leh felt this is an important process and thanked property owners for speaking. He was not interested in increasing density in this corridor. He noted realignment has some community support and whatever decision is made, needs to be done expeditiously. Council member Stolzmann liked the Main Street corridor being straight and the ability to look straight north from Community Park. She felt the realignment actually took away the gateway. She supported taking the crossing piece; separating the alignment and taking it off the table. She noted the intent was not to be non - communicative and encouraged residents to speak up and let Council know how they could better communicate. On density, she felt the workshop option had some merit but did not understand changing the zoning from PCZD to mixed use. She felt it would make development of commercial spaces harder. She did not support changing the zoning on the key corner on the east side of this corridor from retail. Mayor Muckle agreed with much of what was said and noted maintaining character was important. He noted projects are coming to fruition because many want to live in Louisville. If nothing different is done or changes made, what the future will look like is a valuable conversation. He thought the property owners deserved a decision soon and suggested a traffic study to see if it really was a huge cost with minimal advantage. He asked staff to subtract projects that are completed or scheduled for completion to better see what is really available.