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City Council Meeting Minutes October 6,2009 Page 3 of 16 Economic Development Director Star reported on the Metro Denver Economic Development Site Selection Conference. Each year Metro Denver EDC conducts a Site Selection conference, where professionals scout out various sites for corporate relocations or expansion. This year, eight professionals attended the conference and reviewed the Denver area attributes for marketing purposes. Mayor Sisk introduced Melinda Culley from the law firm of Light, Harrington and Dawes, who was attending the meeting in the absence of City Attorney Light. REGULAR BUSINESS UPDATE - CONOCOPHILLlPS PRESENTATION Mary Manning, General Manager of Global Real Estate and Facilities Services for ConocoPhillips presented Council with an update on the status of the project. With the merger of Conoco and Phillips in 2002, ConocoPhillips is an international, integrated energy company and the third largest energy company in the US. ConocoPhillips is known for technological expertise in exploration and production, reservoir management and exploration. It employs approximately 30,000 worldwide and has assets of 150 billion dollars. Their purpose is to use their pioneering spirit to responsibly deliver energy to the world. ConocoPhillips is committed to sustainable dBvelopment and to being an active part of the communities in which they locate. ConocoPhillips vision for the Louisville site is a global energy technology research and development center and a corporate learning and leadership center. The current activities at the sit,s include the completion of the building deconstruction, the HOK desi~ln team development of a site inventory and analysis; assessing the types of functional spaces for the site; and development of a master plan based on that analysis and spaces ConocoPhillips envisions. The completed deconstruction process recycled over 100 million tons of materials and less than 5% left the site for the landfill. David Amalong, Vice President of HOK, Landscaping Architect, who will design the ConocoPhillips site, explained the site has been under analysis for the last six months. The analysis sets the processes for evaluating the site access; hydrology, plant communities; sound levels; site terraces and soil conditions. He reviewed the site opportunities for the property; which include connectivity to community; optimizing mountain views and creating a compact campus. The land use and landscape design will create a campus in a prairie; with quiet and astonishing views; and a sustainable site that optimizes land use and site adjacencies. The next steps in the process will require work on the master plan.