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Louisville City Council Meeting September 2, 2003 Page 2 of 9 Approval of the 2003 Household Hazardous Waste Intergovernmental Agreement Council member Sisk arrived at the meeting at 7:02 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Frosty Woolridge, 1458 Ford Place, Louisville, CO, addressed immigration and the overpopulation problem in American and urged Council to adopt legislation. Doug Grinsberg, 530 W. Sycamore Circle, Louisville, CO, addressed the light spillage problem from commercial property and urged Council to adopt an ordinance similar to the City of Boulders'. He stated the ordinance should address the lighting and glare. Rhonda Grassi, 916 Main Street, Louisville, Colorado, addressed a problem with the Louisville Planning Department. She owns the residential property at 824 South Street, which is in downtown area. It is her intent to rent the property to a tenant who desired to live in the home and operate a business. City Planner, Jeff Martel, indicated that type of use was not permitted in the downtown area. She stated Martel did not cite .any code or offer any explanation why the property could not operate as a home and a business. COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL COMMENTS ON PERTINENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Davidson thanked everyone who worked to make the Fall Festival a success. He asked Planning Director Paul Wood to respond to the issue raised by Grassi. Wood explained City Planner Jeff Martel met with the prospective tenant on Thursday, August 28th and gave the gentleman a correct answer. The property is zoned commercial with a single- family use. Wood sent a letter to Grassi in May of 2001, clarifying the property was an illegal non-conforming use of residential. If the property were converted to commercial, it would have to be compliant to the Louisville Municipal Code, which does not allow a single-family dwelling unit to occupy the same building as retail sales. He reiterated that Mr. Martel gave a correct answer to the prospective tenant. Sisk addressed the immigration and overpopulation issues raised by Mr. Woolridge. He stated he was offended by the written information presented and found it to be racial, and discriminatory against Hispanics. He stated immigration and overpopulation are issues that should be addressed at the federal level and he did not wish to read articles, which discriminate against ethnic groups. REGULAR BUSINESS DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION - "TRANSFORMATION" THE STEINBAUGH PAVILION 2