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City Council Meeting Minutes June 3, 2008 Page 6 of 11 Mayor Sisk requested public commE;nt. There were no comments. APPLICANT PRESENTATION Richard Brew, RMCS, LLC, 726 Front Street, #B, Louisville, CO introduced his RMCS partners, Justin McClure andl David Waldner. He also introduced John Gstalder, representing Summit View Professional Park, LLC and technical consultants; Alex Ariniello, of LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc., and Andrew Knudtsen, of Economic & Planning Systems. Mr. Brew reviewed the history of the Takoda proposal beginning with the submittal of the annexation application in December of 2006, and approval on June of 2007; the Preliminary PUD General Development Plan and Subdivision Plat submittal and approval in 2008; and the Final Preliminary PUD General Development Plan and Subdivison Flat before the Council for their approval. The next steps would be to submit construction documents to the Planning Division and upon their approval, break ground in the fall of 2008. Mr. Brew presented an overview of the Takoda project through a PowerPoint presentation. Planning Area #1 is approximately 8.4 acres, 5.5 acres within the Takoda Development and 3 acres in the Surnmit View Subdivision and is proposed for commercial development. Planning Area #2 is proposed for 49 residential units, with a resulting density of 7.15 dwellings per acre. This is proposed for patio homes for empty nesters. Two acres within the planning area are dedicated to the City for Takoda Park. Planning Area #3, proposes 123 dwelling units resulting in a density of 3.48 dwelling unit per acre. Planning Area #4 proposed a total of 178 multi-family dwelling units resulting in a density of 17.28 dwelling units per acre. The public land dedication within thE: project includes open space, the 2-acre Takoda Park, and the 2-acre Cowboy's Park. Additionally greenways will be incorporated into the residential subdivision. The developer has contracted with local solar panel suppliers for bulk purchases and will make those contracts available to the builders. The project design includes a monument design to define the Louisville/Lafayette gateway corridor with identifying City markers. The Takoda trail system will be connected to neighboring trails in Louisville and Lafayette. The Flood Control District has identified a possibility of flooding along the railroad tracks, which may also impact trails. The developer is coordinating efforts with the Flood Control Districts and the railroad to resolve this issue. With respect to open space, 80% of the homes will back up to open space or parks.