Planning Commission Minutes 2015 01 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes January 8, 2015 Page 18 of 23 mentioned that as you drive by, they simply cannot read it. She hopes the problem can be corrected before the next Small Area Plan or the McCaslin Small Area Plan. Tengler asks Morgan a question. Relative to aesthetics and bike planning, do you mean to imply there is more or less emphasis on either of them? Morgan answers regarding appearance, she doesn't know why it is a negative as there were few negative comments about it. Russell asks about definition of "small town character". What does that mean to her? Morgan answers that in the responses, people said "small town character". It has not been fully identified and as a community, it should be explored and defined. Moline asks if she thinks the current corridor has a small town character? Morgan answers she thinks it could be improved upon, which includes parks and walkability, biking pathways, and strengths mentioned in the exercise. She thinks the exercise was a valuable tool and hopes it will be used on the McCaslin Small Area Plan. Moline wants clarification from Russ regarding "corridor" and the definition of it. Moline's definition is it is not just the street, but the properties that front the street and extend back. Is this correct? Russ answers yes. Cindy Bedell, 662 West Willow Street, Louisville, CO Resident in Louisville for 19 years. She thinks it is extremely important to listen to the constituents and not be carried away with planning. The residents should be considered and what the majority of them want. She is happy to see the outreach being conducted for communication and input. Her other impression is that the majority of the constituents do not favor turning the South Boulder Road corridor into a high density urban corridor. Regarding the small town character, her neighbors appear shocked at what is underway as far as possible plans for urbanization. Her opinion is that small town design standards and spacious setbacks are what make Louisville attractive. She thinks many other residents agree with her and would not be in support of design standards with zero or very short setbacks. Many residents also do not want a 3-story flat roof commercial roof such as what is being built on Canyon Street and Walnut Street in Boulder. She thinks the character of Boulder has been changed by these high density buildings. She does not think Louisville wants to go in that direction. She wonders who initiated this drive toward urbanization. Was it initiated by constituents or constituent feedback? Paula Palmer, 1603 Cottonwood Drive, Louisville, CO She is surprised to see the "lack of community consensus on desires" added to the study. She participated in the October public meeting and there was extraordinary consensus in the room. She thinks over 100 people were present. There was a well expressed consensus on the vision for South Boulder Road. She wants to know where the additional comments have come from and what the nature of those comments are. Pritchard answers that in looking at the packet, while there were people participating in the open forums, the discussions with property owners were not necessarily in line with the community wants. There can be a "disconnect" with property owners who have vested rights in the community. Palmer responds that citizens are also property owners. She wonders if these property owners were contacted separately and not a part of the October community event? Pritchard answers that these property owners were present but did not feel they could give full disclosure. There is more information in the packet. Palmer asks what the opportunities are for the different segments of the community to talk openly with each other. Pritchard answers that the Planning Commission meeting is part of the process.