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City Council M eeting Minutes: March 17, 2015 Page 19 of 31 VOTE: Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6 -1.. Council member Loo voted no. RESOLUTION No. 13, SERIES 2015 — A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT FOR THE 245 NORTH 96TH STREET ANNEXATION DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — LOCAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT BOULDER COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S (BCHA) AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT 245 NORTH 96TH STREET COUNCIL. COMMENTS Council member Stolzmann addressed the financial agreement. With respect to the County's 20% contribution to the trail system trail, she was comfortable waiving 100% of the fee if it could be tied to the underpass on Highway 42 and considered a local match. She felt through the agreement more of the parks and trails fees could be modified by 100 % as a local match. She felt this would be more reasonable for the housing project and for the surrounding homes. She would be comfortable moving 50% of the municipal facilities fee if Louisville residents would be allowed to use the project's public facilities. She was comfortable with 100% of the transportation fee as the contribution to Highway 42.. She addressed the building permit fees and street construction. She understood the building fees would be backfilled by unrestricted General Fund revenue, but wanted a priority of project, which would be delayed. She was uncomfortable building a street for a development and suggestion contributions could be increased on some of the other components. She did not want the public to have to wait fora building permit because staff is tied up with this project Economic Development Director DeJong explained large projects such as this do not require hiring more building department staff, but there would be an increase to the workload. He noted there are line items in the Building Safety budget to take care of additional inspections and construction plan reviews. Council member Stolzmann did not want staff to say they can handle this, but the level of service would be unacceptable. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ explained the North Main Project was a 220 apartment development, which came in at the height of Steel Ranch and the North End continuing their developments. He noted the North Main Project was delivered on time. The building staff was not affected by the 220 unit apartment development. Council member Stolzmann noted her concern was for delaying residents seeking simple building and fence permit and whose fees will not be waived. She was looking at . the needs of the building staff if this project is pursued.