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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 11, 2016 Page 9 of 18 to grow. I am not against development or seeing additional retail business to help support the sales taxes. I hear different conversations with different people and they seem to want to put a spin on Highway 42, which will not happen for a while. There is no projected date for funding. If you look at where Lafayette may bring in their ballfields and soccer fields on Highway 42, they will impact Highway 42 and everything north. It is already a nightmare at morning and evening work commute. Regarding the underpass at Hecla, is the City funding that? The Kestrel developer told me that they were paying 100% of that pedestrian underpass. I want to make sure that is on public record. They are not present tonight to respond. Robinson says Kestrel is not paying for the underpass, but they are paying for the trail to the underpass. The County is going to provide some funding towards the Hecla underpass as part of a separate agreement we have had for several years. The underpass will require some City funding as well. Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) as part of the Kestrel development will build the trail on the west side of the underpass but I don't know the exact amount. Caranci says the Kestrel developer then basically misled that group. I asked that same question at the public meeting. When somebody says "some" funding, I don't know how much that is. It might be a fraction amount. There are a lot of costs associated with the underpass. The Kestrel development is going to do really well. I am not a big proponent of public housing or BCHA receiving funds from the City of Louisville. They told us at a public meeting with citizens present that they will pay 100% of the underpass. This is my concern and I like to make it part of public record when I can. Sherry Sommer, 910 S. Palisade Court, Louisville, CO I want to say a big thank you to Alex Bradley for advocating for our children and our schools. We know there is a huge negative factor in Colorado that schools are woefully underfunded. I have had personal experience with stresses on my family due to crowding in schools. I know that BVSD may have certain guidelines or limits but I think we need to be proactive as a community to protect our children where we can with the tools we have. I respect that the PC may not have all the tools, but I urge you to use whatever tools you can. I have a question regarding the impact fees in the next couple of years. I wonder where the $5 million comes from regarding capital improvements since the impact fees seem to be lagging? Robinson says every year, the City goes through a budgeting process. As a development comes in, the City looks at it and assesses priorities and allocates funding based on what they feel is important. The way the fiscal model works, it is a purely mathematical project. It is up to CC to decide if they will spend money to maintain the existing level of service. Sommer says the CC could potentially raise taxes? I think it is important to evaluate the impact fees sooner rather than later. Robinson says under the State Constitution, any increase in taxes has to go to a vote by the people. They just can't decide to raise taxes. They instituted the use tax a few years ago. If CC decides that is the direction they want to go, they can take something to the public. Tengler asks for clarification regarding the $5 million deficit in the Capital Projects fund. Has Staff looked at this from the standpoint of the 20 year plan and how that impacted this? Robinson says the capital is tied directly to when the development comes in and creates new demand on capital facilities. We don't know when it is going to happen. The model shows the residential coming in the first few years because currently, there is high demand for residential. Commercial is mostly spread out over the first 10 years of the development. The operational impacts are cumulative and happen every year. The capital is one time and tied to a specific development. Cindy Bedell, 662 W Willow Street, Louisville, CO I want to lend my support to what some other public comments have stated. I have been in attendance through much of the public process. I want to remind the PC that throughout the public process, the input has been loud and clear that the community does not support additional residential beyond what has already been approved in the planned area, especially