City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2004 10 26

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CITY OF LOUISVILLE PLANNING DIVISION MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & Members of City Council Chairman and Members of the Planning Commission FROM: Paul S. Wood, Planning Director SUBJECT: Joint Work Session City Wide Comprehensive Plan DATE: October 26, 2004 The update of the City -Wide Comprehensive Plan has moved into Phase II of the schedule. Two of the three scheduled public workshops have been conducted. Those workshops were conducted on June 30 and September 16. A summary of the September 16 meeting is attached. The third and final public workshop has now been scheduled for November 18 at the Recreation Center. In accordance with the approved scope of work with EDAW, Phase II becomes a very critical phase to the successful completion of the Comp Pan. The phase is critical as the public input received through the stakeholder interviews and the two public workshops takes shape in the form of two city -wide land use alternatives. Those maps are attached as Alternative #1 and #2. The corresponding matrix (attached) is an evaluation of each alternative as it relates to each of the Comp Plan elements, i.e., land use, transportation, economic development — etc. The two land use alternatives must now be tested against the various base line studies that are being produced by the consulting team. Those base line studies focus on housing needs, transportation analysis, fiscal impact study, and a public facilities capacity study. The primary mission of the upcoming workshop on November 18 will be to move from two alternatives, to one preferred city -wide land use plan. Having identified the goal, it is the desire of staff and the consultant team to present to the Planning Commission and the City Council the methodology used to construct the two land use alternatives, and the process used to remain accountable to the public input which has been received. As it is not the intent of staff to utilize this joint work session as a defacto public hearing we will not be discussing materials which have not been previously made available to the public. Staff and consulting team will be requesting your input on concerns and benefits as related to the two alternatives which have been posted on the web site.