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4/19/83 Page -4- Results of Survey decided to take an informal, objective sur- vey of the residents in Ward III. On April 12th they presented the results of the sur- vey to the Planning Commission, to which she received recognition from only 3 Planning Commission members. Afterwards she spoke with a councilm€~mber to get his comment on the results from Ward III. He said that a councilman not only represents his Ward but what is in the best interest of the entire City. Keeping this statement in mind, they decided to survey Wards I and II; confident that the results would be the same, and to test the water should a referendum become necessary. They tried to get a cross-section of neighborhoods that included Mesa Point, Hillsborough North, Downtown, Chadsford, Dutch Creek, Windmill Pointe, and the estab- lished area contiguous to the Centennial Valley subdivision, commonly referred to as old town. It wa.s emphasized that they were not against anne:xation of additional land and additional n~w homes~ but for the City of Louisville to delay major annexations until major issues and objectives have been addressed. They feel Louisville cannot af- ford to service its residents at a pace which we are growing now. Mr. Leon Wurl said, him- self, that the residential growth is bring- ing a lot of money into the City to provide established areas with such benefits as street pavement overlays and new water lines. With this type of policy the only way for Louisville to stay ahead is to continue more and more growth. What is going to happen to all the new areas when they become the established areas and the growth has reached Louisville's boundaries. Ms. Johnson presented councilmembers a copy of the survey taken by 5 people in a 3 hour time period on Sunday, April 10th and April 17th. The results of the survey indicated of 196 people 88.8% were in support of a proposed slow-down policy, 3.6% were opposed, and 7.6% had no comment. Ms. Johnson felt this survey should demonstrate to the councilmembers and members of Planning Commission that their constituents are in support of the proposed slow-down policy and at this time the Warembourg annexation is not in the best interest of Louisville citizens.