Planning Commission Minutes 2015 04 23

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 23, 2015 Page 6 of 23 o Potential pedestrian underpass, running perpendicular to SBR. Underpass located at corner of Centennial Avenue into park. • Option 3a and 3b o Realign Main Street and Rezone the property 0 17,000 sf of retail. Retail on ground floor, three stories, parking in front and back o Creating a "hard corner" because aligning the road will improve access to retail o Six residential units o Pedestrian underpass. Pedestrian crosswalk could also be present but signal would be for the train, not pedestrian. Staff is requesting: 1. Confirm Land Use Alternatives to study 2. Confirm Main Street alignment options to study What will be studied? 1. Character and design of the development 2. Changes to property rights 3. Fiscal impacts 4. Traffic impacts 5. Public costs 6. School impacts 7. Evaluated against the measures of success Russell asks who has ultimate jurisdiction over SBR? Russ answers the City of Louisville. It is not a county road or a state road. Russell asks if we are contemplating changes in the cross section of the road itself? Russ says in the infrastructure graphic, we recognize the physical constraints of SBR. It cannot be a six -lane road without significant impacts up and down the entire corridor. We know we need to address traffic. Much like the Highway 42 plan which would take out a tremendous amount of open space for Miners Field and Little Italy, the community chose to keep the road small and efficient, and add parallel network; then, try to improve the efficiency of Highway 42. Staff is proposing this on SBR. If the Portal Apartments and Village Square Shopping Center redevelop, Staff believes there is enough right-of-way to work with them to connect Garfield Avenue to Alfalfa's. It lessens the traffic on Centennial Drive and lessens the impact on SBR. The neighborhood north and west of Alfalfa's could drive down Garfield and turn on the new road without getting on SBR. It would be done at the pace of land redevelopment. The City is working with RTD to get increased headway on the DASH, and extend the 228 along SBR. The bike lanes are installed on SBR. There will be a parallel bicycle trail network outside of the right-of-way. There is a good network on the north side that follows the Davidson Highline. It breaks down at Via Appia. On the south side, there is a poor bicycle network parallel to SBR. Using Cottonwood Park and Via Appia intersection, and piping the Goodhue Ditch at the intersection, we are hoping to bring the bicycle trail up to Via Appia. Rice asks procedural questions. He clarifies that we are looking at things to move them forward for further study. Russ says yes. Rice says on page 5, Staff and consultants will develop traffic and fiscal analyses. What would the fiscal analyses consist of? Russ says on May 5, the next Council session, Staff is going to Council to adopt the new fiscal impact model. It is a marginal cost model based on the City's level of service such as Park's level of service, Open Space's level of service, and Police Department's level of service. Each