City Council Study Session Summary 2012 05 22

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City Council Study Session Summary May 22, 2012 Page 7of7 City Manager Fleming gave an update on the ICSC 2012 Conference that he just returned from in Las Vegas and attended with Mayor Muckle and Aaron DeJong, Economic Development Director. They met with 13 different entities along with an additional 12 contacts, some of which were the Crosbie Real Estate Group, Home Depot, Lowes, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger's (King Soopers), CBRE, Stephen Tebo (local property owner), Mike Kranzdorf (local property owner), the Louisville Plaza broker, Wyndham Hotels, Buxton, Galloway, and ARC. The conference was very beneficial with ideas shared about the empty Sam's Club building, met with ARC on the possibility of moving into the Louisville Plaza, and learned through a meeting with King Soopers that the updated new store front and interior remodeling cost the company $6 Million. Met with property brokers familiar with Louisville, and some brokers that were not familiar with the Louisville area, however, the broker for King Soopers knows Louisville well and would like to expand. Mayor Muckle added that the meeting with Home Depot representatives was positive. Their outdoor sales are good this time of year. Also met with Walgreen's representatives who indicated the McCaslin store is doing well and the status is good at the South Boulder Road store. City Manager Fleming commented on the valuable set of meetings scheduled through the two and a half days they were at the conference. Meetings are back - to -back sometimes in opposite corners of the convention center and so it was helpful to have three people covering everything. Councilmember Loo asked to discuss one item on the advanced Council agenda for June 5th and that was the HPC Appointment for the recently vacated position. After discussing this item, City Council requested to see the letter of interest and cover letter for the proposed candidate and requested some additional information be provided to them on other candidates that were interviewed during the interview process last November, and to pull out candidates that had listed HPC as their first choice for an assignment. Discussion Items for Next Study Session on June 12, 2012 and Identification of Future Agenda Items — None discussed. Adjourn - The meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM. Submitted by Polly Boyd June 1, 2012