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City Council Meeting Minutes April 2, 2013 Page 14 of 21 member Jasiak. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6-1. Council member Keany voted no. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION —2012 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Mayor Muckle did not anticipate finishing the discussion on the Comprehensive Plan Update this evening. He outlined the process for this evening as follows: The staff will make a presentation and Council and public comments will be received. The discussion will be continued to the next two City Council meetings and action at a future meeting in May. He urged members of the public to limit their comments to three minutes. He requested a staff presentation. Planner III McMillan explained the 2012 Comprehensive Plan update is the result of an extensive 18-month community outreach effort designed to identify a vision statement and a set of core community values, which define the community, develop a framework, and outline an implementation strategy to ensure those values are reflected in the future governance and physical development of the City. He highlighted the core values as follows: • A Sense of Community • Our Livable Small Town Feel • A Healthy, Vibrant, and Sustainable Economy • A Connection to the City's Heritage • Sustainable Practices for the Economy, Community and the Environment • Unique Commercial Areas and Distinctive Neighborhoods • A Balanced Transportation System • Families and Individuals • Integrated Open Space and Trail Networks • Safe Neighborhoods • Ecological Diversity • Excellence in Education and Lifelong Learning • Civic Participation and Volunteerism • Open, Efficient and Fiscally Responsible Government All of the values collate with the City of Louisville's small town character. The goal was to incorporate the core values into the Comprehensive Plan Update. The Comprehensive Plan contains three large-scale development patterns; Urban, Suburban and Rural. Currently the only urban area in Louisville is limited to the downtown and old town areas. Urban areas have the following characteristics: an interconnected street network, alleys and rear loaded properties, multimodal, reduced speed streets, smaller parcels, street orientation and pedestrian mass and scaling.