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04y`of 2022 Planning Commission Louisville Supplemental Questions COLORADO -SINCE 1878 Applicant Name: David Blankinship The Planning Commission is a quasi-judicial board that evaluates land use proposals against municipal zoning regulations and makes recommendations to the City Council. The Commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Terms are two years, four years, or six years. You must be a resident of Louisville to serve. 1. Briefly explain your interest in serving on the Planning Commission. I am a nine-year resident of Louisville and, as time has gone by, I have come to love Louisville more and more and have searched for new ways to contribute to the community. I have served as the Takoda HOA president in Steel Ranch for four years and have also served on the open space advisory board (OSAB) for four years including a year as vice chair. Serving on the planning commission could be a great next step for me to help serve the community that has meant so much to me. I want us to make wise decisions that help balance development, preservation, economic vitality, and small town character in our wonderful pocket of Boulder County. To be clear, I am also applying for reappointment to OSAB but my preference would be to accept an appointment to the planning commission and therefore forgo my OSAB position. 2. What are your thoughts about the building and development you see in Louisville? Louisville is an extremely livable small town in a great area of the country, but is of course not immune to the challenges of growth. We have intelligent and well intentioned people on both sides of the pro -growth and slow -growth camps and I have sat down to discuss city-wide issues with a wide variety of people over my time as a city resident. I don't believe that saying no to all future development makes sense, but I also realize that there should be an appropriate time and place for such growth in order to preserve the character of our community. As a Steel Ranch resident, I realize that I live in a community that is a part of the building and development from the past decade and I want others to have an opportunity to be a part of the city in well planned developments. Let's look for opportunities to provide housing options at various price points in the market. Let's also look for opportunities to add commercial space that helps us solidify our tax base and to provide retail destinations and workplaces for area residents. 31