City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2004 10 26

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Comprehensive Plan 2 0 0 5 U P D A T E Public Workshop Summary September 16 2004 A public Open House and Workshop were held on September 16, 2004 from 6:30 — 9:OOpm at the Arts Center in Louisville. The public was notified of the meeting via the project website, mailings, cable T.V. and the newspaper (see Figure 1). Part I. Open House Ken Johnstone (Louisville Dept. of Planning) and Bruce Meighen (EDAW) presented a summary of the process and the objective of the Workshop. They noted that at the first public meeting, attendees identified areas that were changing in Part 11. Workshop What is your vision of the community? City of Laisvi'le Come share your thoughts on the future of Louisville. What do you want to see? Is it more housing, more retail, changes in zoning? This is your chance to give input on the Comprehensive Plan. Comprehensive Plan Workshop September 16, 2004 6 :30 PM Doors Open 7 :00 pm Presentation Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may submit comments by email to complan @ci.louisville.co.us or by phone at 303.335.4592. Further information is available at www.co.louisville.co.us, The purpose of the Open House was to review the progress that has been made since the first Public Meeting on June 30, 2004. Attendees were asked to visit 4 stations to comment and discuss inform- ation regarding the process, schedule, public involvement, existing conditions (land use, environmental resources, de- mographics, market study summaries, and housing study summaries), the July 2004 Citizen Survey, vision, planning principles, and Areas of Change maps. In addition to a viewing the draft vision statement, each attendee received a Vision and Principles Comment Form, a handout with lines next to each statement where one could modify or re -write principles and return the handout to City staff. An understanding of the issues to date and status of the planning process allowed each attendee to more fully engage in the second half of the meeting, the Workshop. Figure 1. Public notice mailing.