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the three organizations represented <br />as opponents here and a couple of <br />others. I ended up, because of the <br />pricing here, going to Lafayette, <br />paying Lafayette taxes, and making <br />my purchase outside the City limits. <br />I believe we need more <br />competitiveness into the program <br />here giving community members more <br />choices for their value dollar. <br /> <br />Davidson asked if the applicant or anyone in the audience wished to <br />question this person. <br /> <br />NONE <br /> <br />Davidson asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak in <br />opposition to this. <br /> <br />Harper: <br /> <br />There are three reasons to grant a <br />liquor license. You look at the <br />reasonable requirements of the <br />neighborhood, the desires of the <br />adult population, and the number of <br />the same type of existing outlets in <br />the area. These reasons are defined <br />in the Colorado Liquor Statutes. <br />With the addition of the proposed <br />3,600 sq. ft. store in Louisville, <br />Louisville would then have 17,800 <br />sq. ft. of liquor store space for <br />12,500 people. If you compare that <br />to Boulder, which has 89,000 people <br />for 55,000 sq. ft., Louisville would <br />have over double the square footage <br />per person. Boulder is a college <br />town and I would guess they would <br />drink more. It's one person for <br />every 1.42 sq. ft. in Louisville <br />compared to one person for every .62 <br />sq. ft. in Boulder. Even if <br />Louisville goes to the maximum of <br />22,000 people, as defined in the <br />Ward meetings with all of the <br />annexations, Louisville would have <br />one person for every .57 sq. ft., <br />which is in line with Boulder. They <br />mentioned before in the Hearing that <br />there has been liquor stores on <br />every corner in the metropolitan <br />area. Some have done well and some <br />have gone out of business. Do you <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br /> <br />