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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 9, 2023 Page 6 of 6 Howe was interested to see how the comprehensive plan would differ from the last one in 2013. He noted the top priority from citizens in that plan was open space and parks and would like to see if that had changed. Krantz felt there were still some things missing from the strategies. She agreed with Osterman's comments about the possibility of having an increased affordable housing percentage in exchange for rezoning. She also agreed with Sherry Sommer's comments about giving consideration to repurposing office buildings and having the City purchase some small homes to preserve as affordable housing. She was still concerned about how these strategies would impact those who were still by the Marshall Fire. She reiterated that she would appreciate a way to visualize the strategies, as this would make them easier to understand. She would also like to see how the Commissioners would rank their priorities for the housing plan. Hirt said that the housing plan would have a better prioritization of these strategies, and that they would break them down into near -term, medium -term, and long-term priorities. Krantz said that she would like to see multiple alternative growth scenarios for the City, such as high, medium, and low growth scenarios. Baskett really liked Krantz's idea. She asked whether there had been any consideration given to the City forming a housing authority, particularly if the City was planning on owning some of the housing directly. Zuccaro said that it was not included in any of the strategies. He noted that the City did formerly have a housing authority, but that Boulder County took over providing those services for the City, and that they would continue to do so. He added that they were looking at partnering with the City of Boulder to aid in providing affordable housing services. Hirt said that staff plan to present the draft housing plan to the Commission in early 2024. Commissioner Comments: Baskett asked staff about the status of the comprehensive plan. Hirt said that they had a consultant under contract, but that they were in the process of deciding how it would be completed. Staff intend to bring an update to the Commission in early 2024. The lead consultant is Design Workshop. Staff Comments: Hirt said that the next Commission meeting in December would cover zoning code amendments for PUDs. Adjournment A motion to adjourn was moved Howe and seconded by Choi. The motion was approved by voice vote. The Commission adjourned at 7:40pm. City of Louisville Community Development 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4592 www.LouisvilleCO.gov