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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 9, 2023 Page 5 of 6 Zuccaro added that market rate housing would have less of a negative impact on the fiscal balance than affordable housing due to the higher amount of property tax and use tax they would generate. High end, luxury housing could be fiscally positive for this reason. Choi concurred with this assessment and added that appropriate residential development was good for commercial development too. This would help to expand the catchment area for local businesses. Brauneis asked Hirt what additional feedback staff were looking for. Hirt said staff were logging all the Commission's comments and would use them to inform the draft of the housing plan. He did not think there were any additional areas the Commissioners had yet to cover. Choi commented that the suggested actions did not always seem to check the boxes of the specific strategies they were attached to. He suggested that each strategy could identify a particular area of the city where they could be implemented to help visualize how they could work. Moline said that he was having difficulty prioritizing the strategies, though many of them did resonate with him. He noted that some of the strategies would be more appropriate in different areas of the city than others. Brauneis again invited public comment. Sherry Sommer, resident, said she appreciated the deliberative tone of the Commission's discussion, and thought that it would be valuable to have listening sessions with the various neighborhoods to gather their input on how these strategies would directly affect them. Howe said that he felt many of the strategies could potentially compromise the nature and character of the city. He thought it would be important for the city to approach population growth with caution, so as not to put too much strain on City resources. None of the strategies singularly stood out to him as a solution. Brauneis said that the strategies were solid enough to move forward with. He noted that they would involve additional outreach in the future, and that this sort of change was not something that could just happen overnight. Moline said that change can be good. He added that the City had changed in many good ways since he moved there 30 years ago, particularly in downtown Louisville. Brauneis concurred and noted that the many empty commercial spaces were distinct from the businesses that gave the City its small town character. Hirt said that Brauneis' comments were valuable for the comprehensive plan, as values were very important to that process. The policies would need to be calibrated to meet the City's values. City of Louisville Community Development 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4592 www.LouisvilleCO.gov