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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />June 11, 2020 <br />Page 12 of 19 <br />Diehl says regarding the height of the buildings, has COVID-19 affected the current <br />design of keeping the height of the buildings as proposed. <br />Tansey says no, the basic architecture has stood the test of time. We are working to <br />create a critical mass in the size of the community and are trying to keep our buildings <br />compact and close together for the residents. <br />Williams says she wants to better understand the thought process of going from a rural <br />to the suburban route. <br />Baukol says that this is a huge site. The infrastructure and public improvement costs for <br />this site are substantial. The first design was more urban, but understanding the <br />feedback from the community, we tapered that down because the community did not <br />want to see that much density at the site. We wanted to maintain the fabric of Louisville, <br />but still try to make a feasible development that can pay its own way. This was the <br />process we went through and came to, which led down the path of going the more <br />suburban route. <br />Williams asks that if they did not develop all of the acreage, would the numbers still <br />work. <br />Baukol says that they could just develop one corner of the site, but the land seller is not <br />selling it in pieces, but as a whole site. Then you have Medtronic, which is very large <br />and rural in their density, so that is a rural designation in the center. To answer your <br />question we were just not able to find a feasible way to do that. <br />Moline asks if the applicant could have a traffic expert describe what the increase in <br />average daily trips will be based on a percentage of what there is today and what was <br />approved for ConocoPhillips. <br />Bill Fox, Principal at Fox Tuttle Transportation Group, says that he did the mobility and <br />traffic study for this project. He mentions that the morning traffic might be a little less <br />than the ConocoPhillips project and the evening traffic a little more. That is because of <br />the mixed use aspect of the development. StorageTek was an average of 12,000 trips a <br />day. ConocoPhillips was an average of 17,500 trips a day, and Redtail Ridge is <br />projected to be an average of 27,000 trips a day. There are more trips per day for <br />Redtail Ridge, but the vehicle trips will be more spread out during the day. <br />Moline asks if they could give a comparison to what the current traffic is like and what <br />the new traffic would look like with this development. <br />Fox says that his team analyzed nine intersections and all the roads that connect to <br />those intersections. We have counts of what the existing traffic is around the site and <br />what the approximation will be for future traffic over time in that area. Along Dillon Road, <br />north of this site, there are approximately 19,000 vehicles per day. That will most likely <br />increase to 25,000 by 2040 without this project even being approved. If this project is <br />approved and Campus Drive is extended to 96th Street, that traffic on Dillon Road will <br />actually decrease to about 22,000 vehicle trips per day. On Northwest Parkway just <br />northeast of the 96th Street intersection, there are approximately 12,000 vehicle trips per <br />