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been. My question is, forcing enclaves to be RRR zoning, because there are some circumstances where RRR zoning may not be the one that the Council wants to choose. By setting a particular zoning amount that you're willing to have enclaves come in at, you're binding the existing Council, without any kind of mechanism for us trying to find the best use or fit in the community. If we had a moratorium on residential growth, that would affect enclaves also, unless the enclave tried to force annexation. I would prefer to have a consistent policy for all annexations. Mayer was concerned about specifying it for five years, as three new Council members will be elected this November, and five years is too long a period of time. As far as the policy decision goes, he felt it should be made explicit that Council is not going to be approving any new annexations, where Council has a choice, which he proposed to do until January 1994. He stated that zoning is not completely the Council's choice. He supported the most restrictive zoning that's legally defensible. He felt that the PUD process is becoming abused. He was concerned about the financial ramifications for the city. He favored having the moratorium going just until January 1994 and that it should be put on the next Council meeting's Agenda. Sisk felt that the financial issues of the city needed to be balanced against the residential growth in Louisville, which he felt had spiraled completely out of control. He felt that, if Louisville is going to have no growth, the citizens needed to be informed that the cost will be "X" and are they willing to subsidize this by virtue of increased taxes, water rates, the cost of the new water treatment plant being built, etc. He wanted Council to come up with a policy of how the Council is going to treat the growth issue, as far as annexations. He liked Mayer's idea of supporting a moratorium until January 1, 1994. Lathrop stated that the city is a business and there is income and expenses. He supports controlled growth. He stated that Louisville had been on the high side of the growth curve for several years, which were decisions made for reasons at that time. He stated that Louisville has been seeing some of the fruits of those efforts right now in the form of 40% increase in sales tax revenue. A lot of those monies are coming from people from out of town who are coming to shop at stores that weren't here a year ago. He stated that, if Council wished to support restrictions of this nature, then Council should start adjusting the city's budgeting 8