Planning Commission Minutes 2015 04 09

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 9, 2015 Page 20 of 27 Brian Larson, 730 Copper Lane, #205, Louisville, CO He thanks the Planning Department for the work put into the Workshop for the McCaslin corridor. It had a great degree of input that was considered and greatly appreciates the chance of a democratic process and some decision -making. He would like the PC to focus especially on Principles 1 and 3, the issues of trans -connectivity and integration into larger transit network as well the integration of a broad range of users. Currently, the problem with the McCaslin corridor is that it is automobile dependent. I am not one of those people. We have one car in our household and my wife uses that vehicle. I get to my work by public transportation which is the Park & Ride. I am one mile from the Park & Ride Station and that is as close as you can live residentially to that location. For most transit accessibility, it is recommended to be within one - quarter mile and I am about 4X that distance. I think one of the things we should look at in future use of the corridor is providing greater opportunity for individuals to live a little bit closer to the transit network that will be accessible to them, especially the Bus Rapid Transit. He wants to minimize the distance that individuals walk to that location in a pedestrian friendly environment. The split lanes along McCaslin and Dillon can lead to many cars not yielding to a pedestrian when you try to cross and often times, you almost get hit. It does not effectively condone a broad range of users and transit accessibility. Barney Funk, 1104 Hillside Lane, Louisville, CO He wants to ask the PC that as you do your planning process, and he will participate as a resident of Louisville, that we give a lot of consideration regarding whatever expansion project is how it will potentially strain the school district. We have seen this happen at Louisville Elementary (LES) and Louisville Middle School (LMS). I would not like to see it happen on the other side of town at Coal Creek Elementary, Fireside Elementary, or Monarch K-8, if we have greater capacity residential areas. I live in Centennial Valley West and at one point when we were thinking about the five year plan three years ago. There was discussion of putting in a minimum of 120 patio homes on some land between Centennial and Infinity, and then went up to Davidson Mesa. These patio homes were going to take up 90% of the property. Where I live, the development is all 4-bedroom, 3,000 square foot homes in a neighborhood adjacent to the open property. The patio homes would not be a continuation of the design or flavor of our community. It would go from a big 4-bedroom development to a small patio home. I have nothing against patio homes. You can take the 4-bedrooms, go down to 3-bedroom, and then go down to 2-bedroom. It would be a scale down. Even at that, I think it might be a strain on the school district. I was not present at the open meeting, but there was someone who mentioned that private property from my development on Centennial back to Infinity could perhaps be acquired by the City of Louisville as open space. A bike path and another method to get up to Davidson Mesa from the back could be built. I ask for a little consideration on the strain on the school district and then the movement from structures of housing to be consistent with our housing development. Michael Menaker, 1827 W Choke Cherry Drive, Louisville, CO I think there are some key issues that need to be resolved with this. It is not clear in my mind how the process we are undertaking is going to get us to any of those answers. The first is what are we going to do with Sam's Club? We are stalled and it's empty for six years. Our attempts at using the power of urban renewal to condemn covenants have stalled out. This is one key question and I don't know how we are going to answer it with this process. Following along that line, what are we going to do when Lowe's and Home Depot inevitably close? All large big box formats die eventually, whether it is showrooms or home stores. It seems to be inevitable that, in the long term scope, we must have some plan as to what comes next. That is why we are stuck with Sam's Club because we have no plan. I think that one of the key questions, and the gentleman before me addressed it, is will we allow any housing whatsoever in Centennial Valley and if we do, what form will it take? I have been a proponent for senior housing and 55+ housing; something like a Steel Ranch Development that would transition to somewhat higher