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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />June 2, 2015 <br />Page 14 of 27 <br />now. Help them understand so they can determine if it needs to be changed. Doing <br />things in the abstract will not provide good information. <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br />Council member Lipton asked about question #7. It has to do with sales and use tax <br />rebates, not a land use decision. This is for grants to promote business and he <br />suggested not getting into issues of financing and thought the question was to be <br />removed. On question #8 he suggested changing to "would you support each of the <br />following types of residences, if any". He wanted to allow for a "none of the above" <br />response. Planner II Robinson confirmed that response was included. <br />Council member Loo questioned whether people understood the terms used for housing <br />types. She suggested testing the concept. <br />Council member Keany felt the terms were common except perhaps mixed use. He <br />asked if there was any discussion about the difference in value between residential and <br />commercial or changing uses. <br />Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted the participants of the workshop <br />receive more detail. The Envision Louisville site does not contain the narration or the <br />facilitation provided at the workshop, but similar questions. The community wide survey <br />is to show the desire of the community. Those are blended to allow Council to make a <br />decision. This broad brush approach of public outreach allows Council to then get into <br />specifics. <br />Mayor Muckle agreed there needed to be some context to what is currently in the area <br />and proposed a question "the area covered by the McCaslin Small Area. Plan has the <br />purpose of providing a commercial tax base for Louisville. It consists of land set aside <br />for retail and office developments. The retail outlets provide shopping and dining <br />opportunities for residents and nonresidents. Offices provide customers for retail stores <br />and dining outlets as well as commercial property taxes. The area provides <br />approximately 53% of Louisville's retail tax revenue and 32% of our consumer use tax. <br />How would you like to see this area used in the future - Please choose one of the <br />following: 1. Continuous present use of office and retail stores 2. Consider rezoning to <br />allow for a mix of high density residential development, retail outlets and office buildings <br />3. Rezone for single family use, retail outlets and office buildings." <br />He agreed with staff in not asking if the community wanted housing in places already <br />determined to not have it. He was not opposed to asking about Sam's club specifically, <br />what the residents would like to see. He would like to see the design questions. <br />Council member Lipton liked Mayor Muckle's suggestions and wanted to also get rid of <br />question #7. He liked the idea of setting the foundation in the first suggested question, <br />but was uncertain about the Sam's club question because of the complexity of the <br />issues there. <br />