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City Council Meeting Minutes February 2, 2016 Page 7 of 20 proposed mews at the east end of Spruce and Highway 42 and suggested those mews be moved further to the west to accommodate a miner's cabin park area. She explained the owner of the miner's cabins would like to see the historic miner's cabins preserved and encouraged Council to provide a park area for the miner's cabins. She opposed the consideration Council is giving to applicants who are east coast residents. She supported a duplex on Lot 2, and 15% public land dedication. Steve Poppitz, 1036 Walnut Street, Louisville, CO addressed the maps' blue area and noted the 1906 Neighborhood Plat shows this area as Spruce Street. He questioned how the title was ever transferred to anyone because it is title for the common good. The public realm has two roles: 1) The dwelling place for our civilization and civic life and 2) the physical manifestation of the common good. When the common good is degraded, the quality of life of civilization is degraded. He felt the City should be cautious and if building permits are requested, there should be land dedicated to the City. He did not believe Mrs. Chavez will have access to her property. He cautioned Council to allow the developer to use the land to calculate and determine density. He felt this area Spruce Street, is already public land. Sherry Sommer, 910 Palisade Court, Louisville, CO referred to the request to amend the boundaries of the Old Town Overlay District and asked if some sort of precedence is being set and what are the implications. Mr. Rasker did not believe this parcel was ever owned by the City. It was at one time, owned by the railroad, as a railroad spur that was never populated with railroad tracks. The properties to the east also include the railroad spur. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Stolzmann voiced her appreciation to the public speakers and agreed it is a complicated issue. She voiced her appreciation to the applicant and confirmed the Highway 42 Plan asked the owner to rezone the property. She explained the City is trying to make the lot lines conform to the Code and the Framework Plan. She proposed the Council discuss the specific issues, such as payment in -lieu and lot lines. Council member Loo felt this is a unique piece of property and having listened to the discussion, she did not feel it was a difficult decision because it is private property. She felt a citizen has a reasonable expectation that government will make a decision to allow the owner to use the property for their own purposes within the constraints of the law. She stated three proposals were presented and she felt the owner's proposal was reasonable. She did not believe the City should take a small piece of the property to maintain. She stated If the Council plans to refer this to the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), it should also be referred to the Parks and Public Land Advisory Board. She felt a decision should be made tonight and the best decision would be to with the owners' proposal and not require public land dedication.