Planning Commission Minutes 2007 04 26

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes APRIL 26, 2007 Page 5 of 7 Public Hearing Closed / Commission Comments: Lipton requested comments from the Commissioners as a means of direction for staff prior to the start of a technical review of the documents. McA vinew stated "make haste slowly", expressed a need for a discussion of a timeframe, and the need to identify the radioactive isotopes. Hartman expressed concern with the project distracting from the Historic Downtown and the density being too high. Loo stated she has faith in the market and competition that will be created with the redevelopment and Louisville will benefit from the redevelopment. Lipton stated the timeframe is probably very long term, perhaps as much as 50 years. He believes that the Historic Downtown will prosper with the redevelopment of the HWY 42 project area. The density is consistent with the vision the City has had for the area. Pritchard stated his agreement with the comments made by Lipton. He is concerned with the connectivity to the Historic Downtown. Lipton requested a 5-minute recess (8:20 PM) and upon return a discussion by staff and the commission on how to proceed. Lipton called the meeting to order at 8:30 PM with a discussion of the following: . The need to continue the discussion to another meeting and when to hold that meeting. . When to have comments to staff. Staff stated the May 10, 2007 meeting is already busy with development projects and suggested the Commission consider the overflow meeting date, May 24th for the page by page review of the documents. Pritchard moved and Loo seconded a motion to continue the review of the HWY 42 Mixed Use Zoning and Design Guidelines to the May 24,2007 meeting. Motion passed by voice vote. Lipton requested the Commissioners send any comments to staff regarding edits to the three documents by May lOth. He then requested that staff incorporate the suggested changes in a redline document to be distributed with the meeting packets for the May 24th meeting. The following items are tentatively scheduled for May 10,2007: '" 624 & 628 Lafarge - Alley Vacation - a resolution recommending approval of an ordinance to vacate an undeveloped east-west 10-foot wide alley between the south end of Lots 1-5 and the north side of Lot 6, Block 1, Jefferson Place. Case #07-005- VA. . Applicants and Owners: Edie Gilboy and Sedna Wineland . Representative: Edie Gilboy and Rich Trevino, ReMax of Boulder . Case Manager: Paul Wood, Planning Director '" 932 Main St. (aka 940 Main St. LLC) - a resolution recommending approval of a mixed-use 3-story building with below grade garage parking. The building is planned to contain retail (14,000 SF), office (6,400 SF) and residential (92,000 SF) space totaling approximately 39,000 SF. Case #07-004-FU/UR . Applicant and Owner: 940 Main St. LLC (Arlin Lehman and Mark Hirsch) . Representative: DTJ Design, Inc. (Erik Hartronft / Brian Schweitzer) . Case Manager: Paul Wood, Planning Director