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2/'7/84 Page -12- ncrt be done in competition with our down- town. Development of our commercial re- sources should be compatible with efforts to improve the economic viability of down- town. It was her belief that the emphasis should be on low density, single family Downtown Commercial dwelling and downtown commercial development. Development Commercial development should be focused on the downtown and should include a priority of renovating old buildings wherever possible. Shoe further stated it is always easy to make popular statments. The difficult part is making those statements become a reality. It. is disturbing to see what is happening anal not happening downtown. Some store- owners have :had to take on part-time or full time jobs to meet their rental pay- me.nts. Commercial development should be taking place downtown. We need to support ou.r local businesses before expanding to ne.w ones along the Interstate. To avoid simply becoming a bedroom community for more organized growth planning, for hopes of` a public transportation system in Louis- ville to serve all areas of the City, com- mercial downtown development is a necessity. Mr•s. Singer stated - all of you sitting on Council this evening were elected by a majority of :Louisville residents, who believe that residential growth did not pay for itself anal who wanted to see fewer homes built in our City. Homart came to this City with a plan. It's not your responsibility to redesign that plan. The umpire doesn't play the game - he sets the rules. John Rowan Mr. Rowan stated that he lived in Boulder 3605 Table .Mesa bust worked at 740 S. Pierce St. in Louisville. Boulder, Colorado Hey represented a corporation that invested millions of dollars in the City of Louisville ir.~ the last 2 years. He had just received plans for another project that will be a multi-million dollar project and should be completed in August. Having been in Louis- ville for the past year, he had read the paper, talked with people in the community, ar.~d had heard no objection from anyone. Present councilmembers had been referred to as an anti-growth council, so that was the a~~sumption he was going under. Mr. Rowan stated that he knew none of the councilmembers personally, so was assuming that everything they have said they do believe and feel is