Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2021 05 20

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Rob Zuccaro From: sherry sommer <hellosherry2@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:25 AM To: Planning Commission Subject: GDP Redtail Ridge Dear Members of the Planning Commission, Thank you for your work. Being on this Commission is a big responsibility and I appreciate that you are volunteering your time. Please carefully consider the public benefits of this GDP and its impact on Small Town character. 1) All Open Space, including that which is given in exchange for height waivers, should be owned by the City or Louisville, not privately owned. Private Open Space will not benefit residents. More publicly owned Open Space that is held in perpetuity is required to make meaningful public benefit of this property a reality. 2) The trail network around and through the property is being marketed as an impressive public benefit. However, I am skeptical that existing residents will benefit. Trails on the perimeter are adjacent to roads and will be noisy. Trails through the property will travel through the landscape of office and industrial uses as well as parking lots. Take, for instance, Centennial Valley as a comparison —I live very close by that area. I sometimes (rarely) walk there. There are hardly any others who use this area for recreation, while Davidson Mesa, which is adjacent and directly to the north, is a very popular destination. Centennial Valley isn't even fully developed and I guess it's somewhat pleasant, but it's not as attractive as actual Open Space. I can't imagine that the trails at RTR would be much more attractive, and so the supposed public benefit of the trails is not very valuable to us. Also consider the impact on Louisville's Small Town character as you did in the first iteration of the GDP. Your concerns included traffic and visual impacts. 1) Traffic generated from the project is an anticipated 20,000 extra car trips a day, only about a 25% reduction from the first plan. In spite of some concessions for alternative forms of transpiration this project will still add to SOV congestion and air pollution. 2) In the previous iteration you were concerned that the project would be a continuation of the urban sprawl we see along 36, and not complementary to Louisville's Rural SE Gateway. While the square footage has been reduced by about 50%, 1 don't think the visual impact is any better. In this GDP proposal, buildings and parking lots sprawl over almost the same footprint as the previous iteration. Buildings will be seen from the highway. If waivers are granted for more Open Space, we will then see 4-5 story buildings, and the Open Space proposed would be private and could be altered by the owners. 0