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City Council Meeting Minutes September 15, 2020 Page 5 of 8 Dan McConville, 1000 Turnberry Circle, spoke on behalf of St. Louis Parish stating this is the best way to get these properties developed and it would be a quality development. He urged approval to bring jobs and amenities to town. Bill Stephens, Ascent Church, urged approval of the project to bring jobs and amenities to town. Alli Bowdey, 462 Rouse Court, stated she supports the application as a way to allow Ascent to develop their other property with the sale of this one. The 20 feet under discussion is not a big impact. Jay Keany, 1488 Wilson Place, stated he supports the application as this makes sense and would bring good amenities to the site. He feels the setback at 30 feet can be handled with landscaping. It will be a benefit to the community. Mindy Caliguire, 116 Vista Lane, stated her support of the project. She sees value in this application with a strong plan and to maximize the use of this property and bring jobs. Erik Estrada, 853 Trail Ridge Road, stated this application makes economic sense and will bring jobs and revenue to Louisville. Mayor Stolzmann asked how this application would work with multiple owners. Ritchie stated the Code does require common ownership of the property for GDP. However, this GDP was approved without common ownership but with an agreement among the owners to coordinate the development. Mayor Stolzmann asked why earlier owners were not required to put in infrastructure. Ritchie stated earlier approvals did not require installation of infrastructure as that is usually coordinated with the construction of the rest of the site with PUD approval. Mayor Stolzmann stated she supports approval with the setback condition. She would also like to include some dark skies language. She stated the rural buffer zone is important and we don't know what the eventual development will look like so we need that protection. She believes there is enough space on the site to be able to come up with a solution on the property with the 50-foot setback. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated this is an awkwardly shaped property which creates its own issues. The opportunity to have retail and industrial on this site is a good solution. We need to look at how to make this site successful. With the right design and landscaping, the 30-foot setback would be sufficient there. He supports approval of the ordinance without the condition. Councilmember Brown stated as there is no specific standard for this setback it is hard to review this. We don't know what will finally develop here so the closest precedent would