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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />December 6, 2016 <br />Page 5 of 15 <br />asked that the Plan be continued and some efforts made to rethink some other options <br />for the area other than the plan as proposed. <br />Larry Boven, 1108 Hillside Lane, and Laura Wolton, 1112 Hillside Lane, asked the <br />Special Review Use option be put back in the Plan. In the past, it was used to allow for <br />the development of the Enclave and Hillside Lane residential developments. We need <br />more east -west connections from Hillside and the Enclave. We need more open space <br />and mixed use development in this part of town. We need more connections with <br />Davidson Mesa Open Space from the area. We need the Special Review Use to allow <br />more options and flexibility in the area. <br />Frost Yarnell, 1109 Hillside Lane, stated she does not support mixed use in the area. <br />She does not support continuing the Plan this evening as it has been years of work and <br />she would like it approved as presented this evening. She does not support residential <br />on the west side of town as it won't pay for itself. She encouraged approving the Plan <br />tonight. <br />Councilmember Leh stated a great deal of time has been spent on this to date, and it <br />has been very positive, but he doesn't think the Plan, as presented, is ready for a vote. <br />He doesn't want to guess on a good answer for this, or do something just because <br />some people want to hear that. This Plan as presented is not yet the best vision for <br />Louisville. There are too many assumptions about what development might or might not <br />occur and it doesn't take advantage of the Bus Rapid Transit and the Superior Towne <br />Center. We aren't being creative and we should consider being more flexible. The Plan <br />is not ready to go as presented tonight; it is too speculative. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated the Council has a responsibility to act on this given all <br />the work put into it. But, he wants to make sure this is not too prescriptive a plan for the <br />area. Things to consider include taking advantage of the Bus Rapid Transit, height limit <br />changes for those that don't block others, and the fiscal impact study. This may not be <br />the right time to approve it, but we are getting close. <br />Mayor Muckle stated he is ready to vote tonight. We can't know the future, but the work <br />has been extensive and we can't keep people waiting. We can come back and <br />reevaluate design guidelines or other things that could be changed. It is time to make <br />some decisions. He supports the one -lane reduction on Centennial Parkway. He agrees <br />with the concerns with the Transit -Oriented Development but there are no immediate <br />requests for that type of development so we don't have an immediate issue. We could <br />state in the Plan that we will revisit this area. He would like a vote this evening. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton said he has mixed feelings about the Plan. He supports taking <br />out the residential areas east of McCaslin Boulevard. He agrees with the buffer zone <br />between existing residential and the shopping areas and taking out the traffic circle. The <br />changes on the east side of McCaslin Boulevard are good, but the west side of <br />McCaslin Boulevard needs work and needs a process the public can weigh in on. The <br />