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City Council Meeting Minutes June 2, 2015 Page 7 of 27 would allow more units. He thought the abstract questions in the survey could not address w hat we need more of without providing specific numbers. Mike Dee, owner of 1125 Pine Street and Petra Properties, noted his property is not in the SBR connection but part of the Lee Street connection. He could not attend the last meeting concerning his property. He spoke to the limbo he had been in with his property and felt if things were in the master plan, the City should not be waffling. He read a letter he had written to Council concerning the Lee Street extension and the position it left him in He asked for confirmation the City would not be using this property in the future. Melissa Malerba, 1565 Main Street, Louisville, CO has spoken three times pleading for the Council to not take her home for the realignment. She did want her hands tied while the City decides what to do. She wants to be able to sell, make improvements and pled with Council to make a decision so she could move on She did not see the value of further studies and spending more dollars. COUNCIL COMMENT Council member Lipton asked about a presentation on the Main Street realignment. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted it had been presented at the last meeting. It was decided to not do the presentation again. Council member Loo asked Attorney Light since she was not present for the presentation on realignment could she vote. City Attorney Light noted it was not necessary to recuse herself since this was not a quasi- judicial matter. Staff is looking for direction on the items to further analyze for the Comprehensive Plan. Council member Loo stated she was moved by resident's pleas and would be voting to release their properties from the planning process. Council member Keany noted after hearing the public comment he had no interest in realigning Main Street. He suggested evaluating an overpass instead of an underpass. Council member Lipton noted when he was on Planning Commission he was concemed about the Main Street realignment. He advised caution about impacting existing neighborhoods with roads. It may not be the optimal transportation solution to not. realign Main Street, but other alternatives could be found to not negatively impact the residents. Council member Leh noted traffic was an issue he heard about during his campaign. He had heard some support for this realignment, but thought the impacts to the residents were perhaps not clear. Benefits are not likely to happen with further study. He agreed with Council member Lipton it would change the neighborhood and didn't