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Conway stated that they used gross density levels, which would allow for open space and roads to be calculated out of that. One assumption they made was north of Storage Tech there would be possibly up to 80 acres that could be purchased by the schools, open space, or park type property. Davidson asked Tom Phare, Director of Public Works, if there was any difference in servicing that area for residential vs. industrial. Phare did not feel it would be a large impact one way or another. Keany asked if this were approved with the residential, would it change the character of the 96th Street interchange. Wood stated that the residential component along 96th Street was never part of an assumption that drove land use immediately adjacent to the 96th corridor. Lathrop asked if the lift station was of sufficient size to accommodate the development of the unplatted industrial land. Phare stated that he had never found a document that indicated the exact acreage that was attributed to that. It was clearly designed as only an interim lift station both in capacity and location. Davidson called for the applicant's summary. Bellock referred back to the issue of compliance with rezoning. He stated that because he had described the significant excess of ground that exists in Louisville and the other significant community related benefits, he felt they had complied with the statutory requirements for rezoning. He stated that there was some concern fi.om staff about proximity to services, but he felt they are closer to the core of the city than many other portions of Louisville. He felt the typography of the site was more appropriate for residential than any other land in that portion of Louisville. He stated that it was equally inappropriate for industrial. He commented that when you take into account the tremendous amount of benefits that this project creates for Louisville and its compliance with the rezoning ordinance, there was a preponderance of evidence that documents the benefits to Louisville. Davidson called for Council comments. Mayer did not feel the case for rezoning had been made. He disagreed with the THK report concerning other potential industrial land, which he did not feel would happen in Louisville. He did not feel the original zoning was in error. The significant positive to the city was the Daughenbaugh property. He stated it is approximately $113,000/year, once there was full build-out at CTC, difference between the property tax generated from leaving it as industrial vs. the property tax from residential, which was why communities wanted industrial parks. He stated that the residential would be completely disconnect from the city making it a county subdivision with a Louisville address. He was concerned about the additional pressure on the schools. He did not see 104th Street being a 15