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City Council Meeting Minutes May 6, 2008 Page 14 of 17 Council's adopted plans and ,guidelines for the City and that area. The Louisville Revitalization Commission (LRC) recommended approval of the plan at its April 14th meeting and forwarded to Council for final action. The Action Plan includes the following elements: 1. Amendment of 2005 Comprehensive Plan 2. Implementation of Hwy 42 zoning and land use design standards 3. Transportation Planninig 4. Environmental Planning 5. Northwest Rail Corridor Planning 6. Market Analysis 7. Development Coordination COUNCIL COMMENT Councilor Sackett reported citizens would like the area to blend with the rest of downtown. He addressed thE: lack of parking on the west side and felt it was lacking in the plan. Councilor Muckle agreed with Councilor Sackett and addressed the amendment of the Comprehensive Plan and suggested striking paragraphs A and D. Councilor Clabots concurred with striking paragraph D. Mayor Sisk supported expanding commercial and residential areas downtown. Councilor Dalton noted Council just passed a Business Assistance Package on a downtown project, which provides for commercial office and residential units. DISCUSSION /DIRECTION /ACTION - 2008 LOUISVILLE CITIZEN SURVEY City Manager Fleming apologized for a recent newspaper article in which he quoted as saying "that one of the goals of the survey was to get a broad cross- section of opinions and not just from the people who attend the public meetings." He apologized for saying "Holt just", when he meant to say "in addition to". He did not mean to minimize the importance of the public participation at meetings. He explained the survey is a gauge of community opinion on a broad range of issues; and based on the 2004 edition as it relates to satisfaction of services. A number of policy questions have been asked relating to current topics of interest. The survey was discussed at the April 22"d study session and revisions that were made to include modifications to questions #17, #20, #22 and #23, removal of the use tax question and replacement with a historic preservation tax questions and removal of two previous questions regarding healthy/active living and household income. The survey is scheduled to be mailed on May 29th. The final results will be released durinc~ the month of August.