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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 9, 2024 Page 4of6 connections that would make transit more convenient. She also noted that RTD was a participant in their focus group, and that they were willing to collaborate with the City on this issue. Baskett added that the CTC currently did not have any transit service. She said that she had previously spoken to RTD, and that they were opposed to any additional transit service in Louisville as they had yet to return to pre -pandemic service levels and were continuing to struggle with shortages of drivers and mechanics. She also noted the possibility of future state level funding for transit. Hirt said that there were a number of bills that had recently passed the State Legislature that would impact the Comprehensive Plan, though staff had not yet had a chance to evaluate those impacts. He also noted that RTD was planning on increasing service on the Dash from the current 30 minutes headways up to 15 minutes in the future. Mihaly asked when the question of where new housing should be built will be addressed as part of the Comprehensive Plan process. Garrow said that this would be an ongoing discussion over the summer and into the fall, but that it was appropriate for the Commission to consider the question now if they wanted to. Brauneis wondered whether the Commission should hear about the community feedback first. Baskett wondered why the City had so many different categories for zoning. She suggested that an outcome of the Plan could be simplifying and merging some of the categories so that they would be easier to understand. Garrow said that the Comprehensive Plan would include a future land use map that would categorize land uses in a more understandable manner than the zoning map. She added that this could then be used to simplify the zoning map. Baskett suggested that the Plan should also examine the construction of more usable and safer bike lanes given the rise in popularity of electric bikes. Moline noted the large amount of low -density single family housing in the City, and wanted addressing this to be a discussion point for the Commission. Baskett also suggested that the Plan should consider a new version of a dark sky ordinance. Brauneis said that this might be an issue for City Council rather than the Plan. Brauneis wondered how they could focus both the Housing Plan and the Comprehensive Plan explicitly towards the construction of new affordable housing. The next section of the discussion focused on the findings from the first round of community engagement. Cotey presented the findings of the first round of community engagement. Mihaly said that he would like to learn more about what people mean when they use the phrase "small town charm" to refer to Louisville.