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City Council Meeting Minutes April 1, 2014 Page 14 of 24 John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO voiced his concern and confusion over the quasi - judicial process and the public's access to information. City Attorney Light explained the Comprehensive Plan is a legislative process and not a quasi - judicial process. The site plan for a specific property is a quasi - judicial process where regulatory rules are being applied. In some Case Laws, changes to the regulatory rules follow the quasi - judicial process to enable notice to the interested parties. Changes to the zoning ordinance should be noticed for all the interested parties. John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO was surprised this version led to the presumption of rezoning. He was not aware the Council's priority was in rezoning. He stated the highest priority of the Comprehensive Plan was the public request for small town character. The small area plan should maintain small town character as defined by the people and by maintaining financial sustainable city. He did not see either of those issues as a driving force in the process for the small area plan. He was also concerned the steering committee would be selecting the options. He did not feel the problems in the Comprehensive Plan could be fixed through the small area plan. He voiced his confusion over the process especially the presumption of rezoning. Debbie Fahey, 1118 W. Enclave Circle, Louisville, CO stated stakeholders cannot be limited to 500 feet of the property. She felt every Louisville resident is a stakeholder in what happens in the City. She thought it would be helpful if the discovery and desires categories were switched. It would make the public input more effective. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Stolzmann stressed the importance of Council deciding what they want to see in the small area plan. She asked Council if they just want to fill in the candy cane striped areas in the Comprehensive Plan or do they want something else. Mayor Muckle wanted to see a document the citizens would like. Once the small area plan is completed, the Council can decide whether it should be codified and the small area plan would finish the Comprehensive Plan. His primary objective was to get people comfortable with the process. He thanked Planning Director Russ for making the requested changes and noted it is significantly different from what was presented earlier. He was interested in getting the citizen's perspective on the small town and agreed the fiscal model should be used early in the process. Council member Keany stated his understanding the process will address the candy cane striped areas along South Boulder Road and it is a small area plan and not a neighborhood plan. Planning Director Russ explained it is the candy cane striped area, which will give definition at a Comprehensive Plan level, but if the yard and bulk standards need to change to establish character, the commercial guidelines need to be updated. The two