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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />June 11, 2020 <br />Page 13 of 19 <br />day. It is projected to go up to 17,000 in the future without this project even being <br />approved. If this project is approved, it will increase to only about 19,000 vehicle trips <br />per day. <br />Moline asks how the applicant's development distinguishes itself from other <br />developments in the surrounding areas. How will it be able to attract commercial tenants <br />when there is close competition? <br />Baukol mentions that the fact that the RTD station is right there is very unique and <br />having that connectivity will not only help the uniqueness of the site but help with traffic <br />control. From a corporate campus standpoint, we have an opportunity to find another <br />high quality tenant that could come in Parcel E that also provides a rarity. With COVID- <br />19, there is a lot of uncertainty with new commercial tenants. He mentions that many <br />people want to be in Boulder County, which is beneficial for this proposal. He makes it <br />clear to the commissioners though that they have not done any marketing for the site <br />since they do not own it yet. <br />Rice mentions that a lot of the public comment has been that this development is too <br />large. He asks to hear the applicant's perspective on that comment. <br />Baukol says that construction costs have gone up exponentially and that it is too <br />expensive to build this site without having this much density as well. Another factor is <br />the matter of choices. We are taking into consideration a lot of the public input such as <br />the open space, new trails, and new roadways. The lower density we have though, the <br />less money we have for infrastructure. He says that he would like to remind the <br />commissioners that they have already reduced the density from the original proposal. <br />He thinks Redtail Ridge is a development that is really collaborating with Louisville in <br />contrast to the ConocoPhillips proposal. <br />Rice says that in order to amend the comprehensive plan, this requires the <br />commissioners to consider the core values in the comprehensive plan. One of them <br />being that Louisville remains having a small town feel. This proposal will substantially <br />increase the population of our community. This development will be having a 26% <br />increase of housing units. How do you think this proposal in regards to the residential <br />portion will be upholding this core value of keeping a small town feel? <br />Baukol states that keeping 88th Street as rural as possible helps keep the small town <br />feel that Louisville currently has. Having buffers from the site to the roads is important <br />and that is why we have tried to concentrate the density to mainly Parcel C. <br />Swisher says that the increase is based on the household count, not the number of <br />single family homes. She then describes Louisville's population growth history <br />throughout the years: Between 1980-1990 and 2000-2010, there has been a steady <br />increase in those years. We do not have the official 2010-2020 census numbers yet, but <br />she believes the growth has slowed down. She mentions that the household count is <br />based on residents and population count, and says that the people that would be <br />residing at Redtail Ridge would be approximately 3,000 residents. Looking at the <br />population growth over the years in Louisville, we have seen a comparable growth of <br />around 3,000 residents. As far as custom service is concerned, city staff has done their <br />