City Council Agenda and Packet 1983 08 16

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411 410 8/2/83 Page -11 Councilwoman Morris Commented that she concurred with Councilman Leary in the sense that if council were true they would be voting on an issue about growth that specficially has to be addressed. It has been said repeatedly as this referen- dum progressed that this is just one piece of it and perhaps the primary plan was growth But this was the only way the people could address that or make a significant impact on that. Personally she would like to see some- thing initiated by council to address the issue of growth and truly get a vote of the people as to how they feel our City should be growing. Her personal objection to this annexation was that council was involved in an informal policy to not annex properties over 5 acres until certain conditions were met. Those conditions were never met and yet this council continued to approve this annexation. Her reason for not voting yes for that annexation was that those criteria had not been met; still have not received all of that information; therefore at this time felt that this annexation should be repealed until council can clarify some of the other issues then come back to this at a later date. If the circumstances change within the City; if all the information is received that is needed to make these decisions then we can at that time look realistically at Medema and the warembourg property. At this time she felt that council could not. Councilman Cussen Commented again the issue is not Medema - the issue is growth. What Medema is projecting from the plans that he had seen are something that the people of Louisville would like to take a good look at and would like to welcome here. But for him the issue was growth - liked the idea of looking at a growth ordinance. Concurred with Councilman Leary that if this is sent to a vote of the people was not certain what that tells Council. He was concerned about growth, a lot of people had shared that concern with him and he wanted to keep it in that category. Inquired of the Attorney, if the ordinance is repealed and council should choose to work on a growth ordinance and clar- ify this issue for the future, how soon can the applicant come back to council to reapply for annexation? Attorney Rautenstraus replied - tomorrow.